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40,843people live here $109,032median household income▲ 35% above US $524,800median home value▲ 58% above US

The Acreage is an unincorporated community in Palm Beach County, FL. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in The Acreage

The Acreage is an unincorporated community in Florida with household incomes running above the national average and schools with smaller class sizes than the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. The Acreage deals with home prices well above the national average, long average commutes, very rainy, and fewer dining and entertainment options than a bigger city.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes
Low student-teacher ratio

The not so good

High home prices
Long commutes
Very rainy — 66" of rain per year
Smaller place — fewer dining and entertainment options
Car-dependent — few commuters use transit

How The Acreage compares

Median household income

The Acreage$109,032

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median home value

The Acreage$524,800

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to The Acreage

Based on The Acreage's median rent, home value and household income

To buy

$104,960

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $52,480
Homes cost 4.8× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Job market

3.9% county unemployment

Unemployment in Palm Beach County is 3.9%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Palm Beach County (county-wide)

Safety

188 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

The Acreage 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 around▲ 46% above US

38 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 38 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 12% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

77%

Work from home

12%

Carpool

8.2%

Other

2.0%

Walk

0.7%

Public transit

0.1%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 89°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 57°F. It's a wet climate overall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 26% below US

27% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 27%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

1 public school inside the boundary

There is 1 public school inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 13:1, well below the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Big Cypress National Preserve (75 miles away). There are 2 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

The Acreage's strongest point is household incomes running above the national average; the main tradeoffs are home prices well above the national average and long average commutes. It may be a harder fit for people who dread long commutes and anyone who doesn't drive.

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