City safety & data profile

Delray BeachFL

Delray Beach, FL is a 66K-resident city in Palm Beach County with a median household income of $82,041.

Palm Beach County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Delray Beach, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Delray Beach has a population larger than 86% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $420,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

66K
Population (place)
Top 14%
By size
$82,041
Median income (place)
$420,300
Median home (place)
13%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Delray Beach

Delray Beach posts a median household income higher than 52% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Delray Beach area.

Top 48%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Delray Beach

Where Delray Beach income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$82,041 Top 48% higher than 52% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Delray Beach $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Delray Beach, FL beyond the headline numbers

Delray Beach sits inside Palm Beach County, Florida, at roughly 26.46°N, -80.07°W. Population 66,255, $82,041 median household income. Median home value $420,300, median rent $1,961. Poverty rate 13%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Delray Beach, 1/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Delray Beach, FL stands at 13%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Delray Beach runs about 5.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

18.6% of Delray Beach workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 12.9% in Delray Beach, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

3.1% of Delray Beach workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 51.3 years, Delray Beach's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Delray Beach from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
66,255
Delray Beach · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$82,041
-8% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$420,300
Near average
Median Age (place)
51.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Palm Beach County): Delray Beach's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.5M+15%
Median Income
$83,581+59%
Median Home Value
$447,300+124%
Poverty Rate
11.3%-22%
Unemployment
5.5%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Delray Beach, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,961/mo
Poverty Rate
13% +5% vs avg
Unemployment 5.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 43.7%
Work From Home 18.6%
Public Transit 3.1%

Population

White 54.4%
African American 29.2%
Asian 2.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
37%
Short Sleep Duration
36%
Obesity
27%
Physical Inactivity
24.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.6%
Diabetes
13.5%
Binge Drinking
12.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.5%
Current Smoking
11.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.6%
Annual Checkup 80.3%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.7%
Stroke
4.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
Average Rating
1/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
DELRAY MEDICAL CENTER
DELRAY BEACH · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★☆☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Delray Beach?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Delray Beach right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-DELRAY-BEACH · Delray Beach

Delray Beach: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Delray Beach; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Delray Beach, FL?
Delray Beach, FL has a population of 66,255 people, located in Palm Beach County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Delray Beach?
The median household income in Delray Beach, FL is $82,041 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13%.
What is the median home value in Delray Beach?
The median home value in Delray Beach, FL is $420,300. Median rent is $1,961/month.
What are the top health concerns in Delray Beach?
The top health indicators in Delray Beach include High Blood Pressure (37%), Short Sleep Duration (36%), Obesity (27%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Delray Beach?
Delray Beach has 1 hospital with an average rating of 1/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Delray Beach?
The median age in Delray Beach, FL is 51.3 years. 43.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Delray Beach, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (13% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($82,041 here).

Compare Delray Beach with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Delray Beach's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Delray Beach area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Palm Beach County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.