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Lake Worth Beach city, Florida: commercial real estate data.
Lake Worth Beach city is a Census city of 43,365 people across 5.89 square miles of land, in Palm Beach County. Median household income is $61,200, 45.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 45 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $24.5 m.
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Lake Worth Beach
What Lake Worth Beach is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.89 sq mi
- Water area0.92 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land7,359
- County holding the largest share of its areaPalm Beach County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Lake Worth Beach
- Population43,365
- Median age36.6
- Population under 1810,399
- Share under 1824.0 percent
- Population 65 and over6,545
- Share 65 and over15.1 percent
- Households15,493
- Family households8,694
- Share of households that are families56.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Lake Worth Beach
- Median household income$61,200
- Per capita income$31,502
- Civilian labor force23,119
- Employed21,531
- Unemployed1,588 plus or minus 489
- Unemployment rate6.9 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over28,700
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher72.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Lake Worth Beach
- Housing units17,949
- Occupied units15,493
- Vacant units2,456
- Vacancy rate13.7 percent
- Owner occupied7,119
- Renter occupied8,374
- Ownership rate45.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$401,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,545
- Annual rent as a share of median income30.3 percent
- Single family units9,082
- Share single family50.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more8,327
- Share in buildings of two or more46.4 percent
- Mobile homes540 plus or minus 155
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Lake Worth Beach gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute18,705
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,444
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more7,624
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.8 percent
- Drove alone60.7 percent
- Carpooled20.0 percent
- Public transport3.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home8.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Lake Worth Beach (7(a))
- Approvals45
- Gross approval$24,482,500
- Average approval$544,056
- Median approval$205,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,020,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported384
- Jobs per approval8.5
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full7
- Charged off2
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.8 percent
- Share to franchises4.4 percent
- Distinct lenders21
- Distinct industries by NAICS34
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 9 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Lake Worth Beach (504)
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$13,117,000
- Average approval$1,192,455
- Median approval$1,273,000
- Largest approval$2,612,000
- Jobs supported110
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Lake Worth Beach
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 6
- NFIP community number120213
- Currently effective map date12/20/24
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Palm Beach County, not Lake Worth Beach
Palm Beach County context, not Lake Worth Beach figures
These are Palm Beach County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lake Worth Beach measurements.
- Establishments in Palm Beach County55,803
- Employment at those establishments, Palm Beach County592,227
- Covered employment, Palm Beach County666,889
- Average annual pay, Palm Beach County$77,246
- Average weekly wage, Palm Beach County$1,485
- Housing units permitted, Palm Beach County4,089
- Of those, single family, Palm Beach County2,897
- County product, 2024, Palm Beach County$140,505,730,000
- County product change over the prior year, Palm Beach County5.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Palm Beach County$260,093
Every figure in this section is published for Palm Beach County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lake Worth Beach. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lake Worth Beach questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lake Worth Beach, Florida?
43,365, in 15,493 households. Lake Worth Beach city covers 5.89 square miles of land, which is 7,359 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lake Worth Beach in?
Palm Beach County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lake Worth Beach?
$61,200. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $401,200. Median gross rent is $1,545 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lake Worth Beach businesses?
45 7(a) approvals totalling $24.5 m, across 21 lenders, median approval $205,000, plus 11 504 approvals worth $13.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lake Worth Beach, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lake Worth Beach borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lake Worth Beach. only 9 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Lake Worth Beach in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Lake Worth Beach appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 120213, carrying Community Rating System class 6, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Lake Worth Beach figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Palm Beach County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lake Worth Beach.
Is zoning published for Lake Worth Beach?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.