City safety & data profile

Jensen BeachFL

Jensen Beach, FL is a 12K-resident city in Martin County with a median household income of $70,884.

Martin County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Jensen Beach, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Jensen Beach has a population larger than 11% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $411,700.

Data updated 2026-09-05

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 12%
By size
$70,884
Median income (place)
$411,700
Median home (place)
16.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Jensen Beach

Jensen Beach posts a median household income higher than 38% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 39%
by median income, US cities

Where Jensen Beach income ranks nationally

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

$70,884 Bottom 38% higher than 38% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Jensen 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 Jensen Beach, FL beyond the headline numbers

Jensen Beach sits inside Martin County, Florida, at roughly 27.25°N, -80.23°W. Population 11,707, $70,884 median household income. Median home value $411,700, median rent $1,267. Poverty rate 16.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

16.7% of Jensen Beach, FL residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Jensen Beach costs around 5.8 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

18.2% of Jensen Beach workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 9.2% in Jensen Beach, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

At 56.3 years, Jensen 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 Jensen 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)
11,707
Jensen Beach · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$70,884
-21% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$411,700
Near average
Median Age (place)
56.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Martin County): Jensen 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
162K+10%
Median Income
$82,943+66%
Median Home Value
$432,200+118%
Poverty Rate
11.3%-13%
Unemployment
4.9%-62%

Economics

Economics indicators for Jensen Beach, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,267/mo
Poverty Rate
16.7% +35% vs avg
Unemployment 4.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 36%
Work From Home 18.2%
Public Transit 0.8%

Population

White 89.7%
African American 0.7%
Asian 3.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
37%
Short Sleep Duration
29.8%
Obesity
27.1%
Physical Inactivity
22.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.8%
Binge Drinking
14.6%
Diabetes
13.4%
Current Smoking
12.1%
Current Asthma
9.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 65.9%
Annual Checkup 80.5%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.2%
Stroke
4.4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Jensen Beach?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Jensen 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-JENSEN-BEACH · Jensen Beach

Jensen 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 Jensen Beach; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Jensen Beach, FL?
Jensen Beach, FL has a population of 11,707 people, located in Martin County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Jensen Beach?
The median household income in Jensen Beach, FL is $70,884 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16.7%.
What is the median home value in Jensen Beach?
The median home value in Jensen Beach, FL is $411,700. Median rent is $1,267/month.
What are the top health concerns in Jensen Beach?
The top health indicators in Jensen Beach include High Blood Pressure (37%), Short Sleep Duration (29.8%), Obesity (27.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Jensen Beach?
The median age in Jensen Beach, FL is 56.3 years. 36% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Jensen 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 (16.7% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($70,884 here).

Compare Jensen Beach with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Jensen 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 Jensen 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 (Martin 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.