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Riviera Beach city, Florida: commercial real estate data.
Riviera Beach city is a Census city of 38,657 people across 8.28 square miles of land, in Palm Beach County. Median household income is $68,060, 62.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 67 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $48.6 m.
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Riviera Beach
What Riviera Beach is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.28 sq mi
- Water area1.38 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,670
- 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 Riviera Beach
- Population38,657
- Median age39.5
- Population under 187,979
- Share under 1820.6 percent
- Population 65 and over7,391
- Share 65 and over19.1 percent
- Households13,927
- Family households8,858
- Share of households that are families63.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Riviera Beach
- Median household income$68,060
- Per capita income$36,329
- Civilian labor force19,029
- Employed17,396
- Unemployed1,633 plus or minus 357
- Unemployment rate8.6 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over27,429
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Riviera Beach
- Housing units18,039
- Occupied units13,927
- Vacant units4,112
- Vacancy rate22.8 percent
- Owner occupied8,665
- Renter occupied5,262
- Ownership rate62.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$354,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,702
- Annual rent as a share of median income30.0 percent
- Single family units9,142
- Share single family50.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7,958
- Share in buildings of two or more44.1 percent
- Mobile homes752 plus or minus 279
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Riviera Beach gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute14,891
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,095
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,738
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.8 percent
- Drove alone72.2 percent
- Carpooled8.9 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport2.4 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home12.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Riviera Beach borrowers
- Approvals67
- Gross approval$48,613,500
- Average approval$725,575
- Median approval$300,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,292,000
- Largest approval$4,667,000
- Jobs supported411
- Jobs per approval6.1
- Loans with a final outcome11
- Paid in full8
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans27.3 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.0 percent
- Share to franchises10.4 percent
- Distinct lenders26
- Distinct industries by NAICS43
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA 504 lending to Riviera Beach borrowers
- Approvals30
- Gross approval$36,699,000
- Average approval$1,223,300
- Median approval$1,040,000
- Largest approval$4,999,000
- Jobs supported630
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off0
- Median term240 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 programme status in Riviera Beach
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 8
- NFIP community number125142
- Currently effective map date12/20/24
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Palm Beach County, not Riviera Beach
Palm Beach County context, not Riviera 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 Riviera 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 Riviera 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
Riviera Beach questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Riviera Beach, Florida?
38,657, in 13,927 households. Riviera Beach city covers 8.28 square miles of land, which is 4,670 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Riviera 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 Riviera Beach?
$68,060. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $354,500. Median gross rent is $1,702 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Riviera Beach businesses?
67 7(a) approvals totalling $48.6 m, across 26 lenders, median approval $300,000, plus 30 504 approvals worth $36.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Riviera Beach, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Riviera Beach borrowers get paid back?
Of the 11 loans that have reached a final outcome, 8 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 27.3 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Riviera Beach in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Riviera Beach appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 125142, carrying Community Rating System class 8, 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 Riviera 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 Riviera Beach.
Is zoning published for Riviera Beach?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.