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Belle Glade

City, Palm Beach County. Population 17,542 (2025), +0.4% on the prior year, +5.1% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Population

2025
BEBR, April 1, 202517,542BusinessFlare® estimate, April 1, 202617,542Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197918k high2025

BEBR's April 1, 2025 figure carried to April 1, 2026 at Palm Beach County's growth rate of 0.90% a year, the annual rate in EDR's Demographic Estimating Conference county estimate for 2025 and medium projection for 2030, with the county's net new residents shared out to its places by their share of the county's net new residential units between the 2025 final and 2026 preliminary tax rolls.

Change since the prior year+0.4%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+5.1%2020 to 2025
Census 202016,6982020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Demographic Estimating Conference: Projections of Florida Population by County, with Estimates for the base year, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Population estimates

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Basis of the latest figureestimate2025

Population by year

April 1 of each year. Basis is census in a census year, otherwise BEBR's estimate.

YearPopulationBasisChange
202517,542estimate+0.4%
202417,468estimate+1.1%
202317,286estimate+0.4%
202217,213estimate+1.9%
202116,893estimate+1.2%
202016,698census-7.1%
201917,979estimate+2.2%
201817,589estimate+1.7%
201717,290estimate+0.1%
201617,274estimate-1.0%
201517,448estimate+0.1%
201417,424estimate+0.3%
201317,372estimate-2.0%
201217,722estimate+1.7%
201117,426estimate-0.2%
201017,467census+2.1%
200917,107estimate-0.2%
200817,141estimate+0.3%
200717,083estimate+1.1%
200616,894estimate+12.7%
200514,994estimate+0.3%
200414,956estimate+0.5%
200314,887estimate+0.1%
200214,869estimate-0.1%
200114,885estimate-0.1%
200014,906census-12.0%
199916,937estimate+1.3%
199816,717estimate-0.3%
199716,763estimate-0.6%
199616,858estimate-0.9%
199517,006estimate-0.8%
199417,139estimate-0.6%
199317,249estimate+7.1%
199216,105estimate-0.2%
199116,132estimaten/a
198917,195estimate+1.1%
198817,009estimate-1.0%
198717,184estimate+0.1%
198617,175estimate+0.6%
198517,080estimate-0.4%
198417,144estimate+0.5%
198317,057estimate+0.8%
198216,928estimate0.0%
198116,922estimaten/a
197916,980estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Palm Beach County)4.6%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201614.1% highAug 2026
Labor force (Palm Beach County)773,792Aug 2026
Employment (Palm Beach County)737,930Aug 2026
Unemployed (Palm Beach County)35,862Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.1%Aug 2026

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Labor force page

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Latest month is preliminaryyesAug 2026

Monthly, last three years

Not seasonally adjusted. The latest month may be preliminary.

MonthLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
Aug 2026773,792737,93035,8624.6%
Jul 2026768,773732,25836,5154.7%
Jun 2026775,025739,44735,5784.6%
May 2026775,031740,65134,3804.4%
Apr 2026774,233739,13335,1004.5%
Mar 2026773,230739,14934,0814.4%
Feb 2026774,261737,11237,1494.8%
Jan 2026771,360733,22938,1314.9%
Dec 2025773,460739,00434,4564.5%
Nov 2025776,402738,09738,3054.9%
Sep 2025776,486743,02133,4654.3%
Aug 2025773,226739,73133,4954.3%
Jul 2025773,015740,98332,0324.1%
Jun 2025776,511746,13930,3723.9%
May 2025778,513751,46327,0503.5%
Apr 2025779,666754,05325,6133.3%
Mar 2025780,405754,13326,2723.4%
Feb 2025778,386751,66926,7173.4%
Jan 2025779,316751,64827,6683.6%
Dec 2024776,334752,42423,9103.1%
Nov 2024773,135746,07227,0633.5%
Oct 2024778,940752,05026,8903.5%
Sep 2024776,793749,17327,6203.6%
Aug 2024777,692747,51030,1823.9%
Jul 2024778,624748,94329,6813.8%
Jun 2024776,005748,21727,7883.6%
May 2024775,331751,87423,4573.0%
Apr 2024778,540756,48922,0512.8%
Mar 2024779,231755,89323,3383.0%
Feb 2024776,581752,67723,9043.1%
Jan 2024774,229749,45524,7743.2%
Dec 2023775,691753,48622,2052.9%
Nov 2023775,619751,52724,0923.1%
Oct 2023779,555754,24225,3133.2%
Sep 2023776,109750,32725,7823.3%
Aug 2023774,544747,52427,0203.5%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025776,853746,35830,4953.9%
2024776,786750,89825,8883.3%
2023771,908748,84023,0683.0%
2022750,193727,58122,6123.0%
2021723,837691,48732,3504.5%
2020706,173649,67456,4998.0%
2019722,416698,18524,2313.4%
2018715,256688,91826,3383.7%
2017711,071680,88330,1884.2%
2016702,767669,08333,6844.8%
2015690,164654,52735,6375.2%
2014680,816639,22141,5956.1%
2013668,363618,41049,9537.5%
2012655,511597,80457,7078.8%
2011650,679584,23266,44710.2%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$192.8M

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Economic Census geographic area series, retail trade and accommodation and food services, 2017 and 2022, retrieved 2026-10-01; BusinessFlare® city-level sales and visitor spending estimate (method and error; the figures are Street Economics Pass data), retrieved 2026-10-04 | How the estimate is made

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BusinessFlare® estimate from public sources. The estimate anchors on the sales the US Census Bureau published for this place in the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census, for retail trade and for accommodation and food services, and moves them month by month with the county's sales tax returns by kind of business (Florida Department of Revenue Form 10). After the 2022 anchor the place's share of the county moves with the growth of its commercial property on the Department's 2026 tax roll, as submitted by the county property appraiser, by use code: stores, shopping centers, supermarkets and auto dealers for retail; restaurants, bars and hotels for accommodation and food. The three spending groups follow the county's kind code mix within each sector. Every place with both anchors was carried from 2017 to 2022 the same way and the landing on the 2022 Census figure is the published error.

A landing error over 25% carries a wide error flag. The error is published with every figure; an estimate is never shown without it. Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars; the monthly series is pass data.

Statewide median error, 2017 to 2022 back-test15.7%2017 to 2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2017$129M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$154M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error17.0%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$16.5M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022n/a2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing errorn/a2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$129M$154M$180M17.0%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$16.5Mn/an/an/a
  • 2022 Census sales withheld or not published for Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): the 2017 anchor is carried

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses143New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20163 highAug 2026
Food service licenses51Aug 2026
Lodging licenses34Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses58Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months9Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)261Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-0.4%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month21Sep 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) bulk corporate data files, new entity filings by month, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses Business formations

Licenses are placed inside the city limits by their geocoded address.

Business formations are by postal city: Belle Glade, which is not the city limits.

No ZIP code has its Census internal point inside this place, so ZIP Code Business Patterns are not shown.

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Licenses by type

Counted licenses in DBPR's food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage files, placed by geocoded address.

License typeFileActive
2APSalcohol34
2003-NAPTlodging32
2010-SEATfood31
2014-MFDVfood15
1APSalcohol8
2COPalcohol8
2010-NOSTfood4
4COP-SFSalcohol3
3PSalcohol2
2002-MOTLlodging2
11Calcohol1
11CGalcohol1
4COPalcohol1
2014-HTDGfood1

Filings by entity type, last 12 months

Sunbiz new entity filings by the ZIP code of the principal address, grouped to the USPS postal city (postal city: Belle Glade)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies231223
Florida profit corporations1323
Florida non-profit corporations1615
Out of state entities registering in Florida11
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months4Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 2016114 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-50.0%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$1.08MAug 2026
Units, latest month1Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months4Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table102025

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place and county residential permits, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Building permits

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Monthly, last three years

Residential permits as the Bureau publishes them; imputed months are the Bureau's imputations.

MonthUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
Aug 2026110$236K
Jul 2026000$0
Jun 2026000$0
May 2026000$0
Apr 2026000$0
Mar 2026110$372K
Feb 2026000$0
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025220$473K
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025000$0
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025600$300K
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025000$0
Apr 2025200$125K
Mar 2025000$0
Feb 2025000$0
Jan 2025000$0
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024000$0
Jul 2024110$150K
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024000$0
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024110$260K
Feb 2024110$260K
Jan 2024770$1.12M
Dec 2023000$0
Nov 2023440$647K
Oct 2023440$647K
Sep 2023330$427K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
20251020$898K
202410100$1.79M
202347470$7.78M
202217110$2.08M
202119190$2.47M
202050460$6.12M
2019330$425K
2018750$566K
20171266120$14.6M
201694490$7.06M
2015220$296K
2014550$584K
2013000$0
2012110$140K
2011300$176K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$1.26B
Total taxable value (non school)$565M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$658M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+3.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+8.4%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$1.22B2025 final roll
New construction value$1.88M2026 preliminary
Parcels3,6912026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll (name, address, legal), 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-04

Parcels are placed by Census block group through the Census Bureau's block assignment file; a parcel in a block group that straddles the limits is apportioned. Census 2010 block groups; 69% of the county's just value lies in a place. Medians are over the parcels whose block group lies mostly in the place. Qualified sales: the roll's own sale fields, qualification codes 01 and 02, improved, single parcel.

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Median single family just value$209K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months41Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$313KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$566M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$103M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$55.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$333M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$21.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$32.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$148M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$5.67M2026 preliminary

Just value by use group

Department of Revenue land use codes grouped: residential 001 to 009, commercial 011 to 039, industrial 041 to 049, agricultural 050 to 069, vacant 000, 010, 040 and 070, institutional 071 to 079, government 080 to 089, other 090 to 099. Taxable is the non school taxable value. Just value change compares with the 2025 final roll, summed the same way.

Use groupParcelsJust valueTaxable (non school)New constructionResidential unitsJust value change
Residential2,466$566M$317M$507K5,003+5.2%
Commercial280$103M$96M$1.23Mn/a+3.3%
Industrial76$55.9M$48.8M$95.1Kn/a+5.8%
Agricultural148$333M$81.8M$10.8Kn/a+2.2%
Vacant488$21.2M$13M$0.1Kn/a+16.6%
Institutional79$32.3M$3.54M$16.7Kn/a-0.4%
Government114$148M$1.54M$20.5Kn/a+0.8%
Other41$5.67M$3.8M$0n/a+2.1%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units6,340Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199043.0% high2024
Occupied units5,6072020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units7332020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2,3882020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households3,2192020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate42.6%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)35.1%2025
Cost burdened renter households44.3%2025

Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Housing data

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Severely cost burdened renters (over 50%)26.2%2025
Assisted housing developments7Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units1,366Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.9K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$332K2024

Cost burden by income, 2025

Households by the share of income spent on housing, Shimberg Center estimates for 2025.

TenureIncome (share of area median)30% or less30.1 to 50%Over 50%
All households30% AMI or less4434531,035
All households30.01-50% AMI637375142
All households50.01-80% AMI9991600
All households80.01-120% AMI688220
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI1,318260
Renters30% AMI or less276362954
Renters30.01-50% AMI43331699
Renters50.01-80% AMI790200
Renters80.01-120% AMI34900
RentersGreater than 120% AMI388260
Owners30% AMI or less1679181
Owners30.01-50% AMI2045943
Owners50.01-80% AMI2091400
Owners80.01-120% AMI339220
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI93000

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$70K49
1997$68.2K46
1998$73K47
1999$70K52
2000$81K56
2001$86K38
2002$90K43
2003$104K32
2004$95K45
2005$130K39
2006$172K38
2007$180K27
2008$152K28
2009$155K12
2010$90K15
2011$79K19
2012$55K24
2013$80K27
2014$65K33
2015$117K43

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Okee/osceola Center1284 NW AVENUE LBelle Glade714714
Calusa Pointe IISE of SR 80 and CR 827ABelle Glade168168
Covenant Villas601 Covenant DriveBelle Glade144144
Calusa Estates1501 Calusa DriveBelle Glade114114
Quiet Waters306 SW 10th StreetBelle Glade9393
Glades Pioneer Terrace200 Dorothy Wilford CirBelle Glade7069
Glades-diamond Housing100 DOWN CIRCLEBelle Glade6564

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$128KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$185K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$1.68MFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$1.68MSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-0.7%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$102KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$1.24MFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$1.24MSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.9%Sep 2026

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Expenditures and Revenues Reported by Florida's County and Municipal Governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Confirmation Online, distributions to local governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Financial Services, LOGERx local government Annual Financial Report data, long-term debt outstanding, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Distributions Annual financial report

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Total revenues$35.7MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+10.1%FY2024
Total expenditures$28.4MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-5.4%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.04KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$0FY2025

Half-cent sales tax, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$128K
Aug 2026$133K
Jul 2026$133K
Jun 2026$141K
May 2026$162K
Apr 2026$141K
Mar 2026$148K
Feb 2026$168K
Jan 2026$142K
Dec 2025$130K
Nov 2025$130K
Oct 2025$120K
Sep 2025$130K
Aug 2025$131K
Jul 2025$138K
Jun 2025$144K
May 2025$164K
Apr 2025$159K
Mar 2025$135K
Feb 2025$163K
Jan 2025$145K
Dec 2024$129K
Nov 2024$126K
Oct 2024$123K
Sep 2024$123K
Aug 2024$125K
Jul 2024$139K
Jun 2024$146K
May 2024$164K
Apr 2024$149K
Mar 2024$145K
Feb 2024$172K
Jan 2024$148K
Dec 2023$140K
Nov 2023$139K
Oct 2023$131K

State revenue sharing, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$102K
Aug 2026$102K
Jul 2026$102K
Jun 2026$101K
May 2026$101K
Apr 2026$101K
Mar 2026$101K
Feb 2026$101K
Jan 2026$101K
Dec 2025$108K
Nov 2025$108K
Oct 2025$108K
Sep 2025$111K
Aug 2025$111K
Jul 2025$111K
Jun 2025$97.4K
May 2025$97.4K
Apr 2025$97.4K
Mar 2025$97.4K
Feb 2025$97.4K
Jan 2025$97.4K
Dec 2024$97.4K
Nov 2024$107K
Oct 2024$107K
Sep 2024$107K
Aug 2024$107K
Jul 2024$107K
Jun 2024$114K
May 2024$114K
Apr 2024$114K
Mar 2024$114K
Feb 2024$114K
Jan 2024$114K
Dec 2023$114K
Nov 2023$114K
Oct 2023$114K

Long-term debt by fiscal year

Total long-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end, all funds, as the government reported it to the Department of Financial Services in its Annual Financial Report.

Fiscal yearDebt outstandingChange
FY2025$0n/a
FY2024$0n/a
FY2023$0n/a
FY2022$0-100.0%
FY2021$54.3K-49.3%
FY2020$107K-32.3%
FY2019$158K-23.9%
FY2018$208K-18.8%
FY2017$256K-15.5%
FY2016$303K-13.0%
FY2015$348K-11.2%
FY2014$392K-9.8%
FY2013$435Kn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$7.78M$6.99M+11.2%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$2.77M$2.94M-5.9%
Intergovernmental Revenues$8.02M$8.73M-8.1%
Charges for Services$5.04M$4.99M+0.9%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$73.9K$106K-30.5%
Miscellaneous Revenues$7.95M$4.18M+90.4%
Other Sources$4.09M$4.51M-9.4%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$6.8M$6.99M-2.8%
Public Safety$4.96M$4.47M+10.9%
Physical Environment$3.84M$4.24M-9.4%
Transportation$2.57M$2.69M-4.6%
Economic Environment$996K$2.19M-54.6%
Culture / Recreation$5.8M$6.23M-6.9%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$3.42M$3.18M+7.5%
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Human Servicesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$351MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$362M high2026
Change on a year earlier-2.9%June 30, 2026
Change, real-6.1%June 30, 2026
Branches4June 30, 2026
Institutions4June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026
Branches closed since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026

FDIC Summary of Deposits, Florida offices, every June 30 since 1994, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Bank deposits

Offices whose reported city is Belle Glade.

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Offices, June 30, 2026

Deposits as each office reports them to the FDIC; the city is the one the bank reports, not a municipal boundary.

InstitutionBranchAddressCityDeposits
Bank of Belle GladeBank Of Belle Glade108 Se Avenue DBelle Glade$145M
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationBelle Glade Branch41 Sw Avenue BBelle Glade$111M
PNC Bank, National AssociationBelle Glade Branch910 S Main StBelle Glade$62.8M
First BankBelle Glade Branch325 S Main StBelle Glade$32.3M

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