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43,365people live here $61,200median household income▼ 24% below US $1,545median rent per monthNear US average $401,200median home value▲ 21% above US

What it's like to live in Lake Worth Beach

Lake Worth Beach is a small city in Florida with unemployment below the national average and schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Lake Worth Beach deals with household incomes below the national average, a poverty rate above the national average, a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin, and very rainy.

The good

Low unemployment
Average class sizes

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
High poverty rate
High rent burden for renters
Very rainy — 62" of rain per year
Smaller place — fewer dining and entertainment options

How Lake Worth Beach compares

Median household income

Lake Worth Beach$61,200

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Lake Worth Beach$1,545

Florida avg$1,669

US$1,413

Median home value

Lake Worth Beach$401,200

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Lake Worth Beach

Based on Lake Worth Beach's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,090

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $61,800 a year
65% of Lake Worth Beach renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$80,240

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $40,120
Homes cost 6.6× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,545/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,545 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices run above average, with a median around $401,200. Buyers should expect to stretch their budget here.

Median home value $401,200 · 65% of renters cost-burdened

Job market▼ 16% below US

3.6% unemployment

Unemployment here is 3.6%, a little below the national average of 4.3%.

City-level (BLS)

Safety

188 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Lake Worth Beach doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 721/100k · Policed by Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

27 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 26.8 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 9% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

61%

Carpool

20%

Work from home

8.6%

Other

5.3%

Public transit

3.8%

Walk

1.6%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 89°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 60°F. It's a wet climate overall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 31% below US

25% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 25%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

6 public schools inside the boundary

There are 6 public schools inside the boundary and 1 private school. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17:1, close to the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Big Cypress National Preserve (78 miles away). There are 3 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Lake Worth Beach's strongest point is unemployment below the national average; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and a poverty rate above the national average. A year of median rent ($1,545/mo) equals 30% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. Whether it fits comes down to the specifics: the neighborhood, the job, and what matters most in the move.

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