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Riviera Beach

City, Palm Beach County. Population 39,644 (2025), +0.6% on the prior year, +5.4% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Riviera Beach

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 8.28 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population39,644Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197939.6k high2025
Change since the prior year+0.6%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+5.4%2020 to 2025
Census 202037,6042020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01 | 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
202539,644estimate+0.6%
202439,390estimate+1.5%
202338,795estimate+0.5%
202238,613estimate+1.3%
202138,125estimate+1.4%
202037,604census+5.2%
201935,735estimate+0.9%
201835,431estimate+1.1%
201735,057estimate+3.2%
201633,957estimate0.0%
201533,953estimate+0.7%
201433,728estimate+1.1%
201333,369estimate+2.0%
201232,723estimate+0.6%
201132,535estimate+0.1%
201032,488census-5.6%
200934,403estimate-2.1%
200835,150estimate+2.0%
200734,470estimate+3.2%
200633,408estimate+0.4%
200533,265estimate+1.1%
200432,916estimate+5.4%
200331,223estimate+0.7%
200231,007estimate-0.3%
200131,112estimate+4.1%
200029,884census+3.0%
199929,020estimate+1.3%
199828,654estimate+1.2%
199728,318estimate+1.9%
199627,782estimate+0.5%
199527,634estimate+1.4%
199427,259estimate-0.2%
199327,308estimate+0.7%
199227,128estimate-1.6%
199127,579estimaten/a
198929,017estimate-0.6%
198829,191estimate+4.2%
198728,001estimate+1.1%
198627,694estimate+0.3%
198527,609estimate+1.1%
198427,318estimate+2.8%
198326,573estimate-0.2%
198226,634estimate+0.2%
198126,591estimaten/a
197928,860estimaten/a

Labor force

Aug 2026
Unemployment rate5.3%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201618.0% highAug 2026
Labor force18,738Aug 2026
Employment17,743Aug 2026
Unemployed995Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.0%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 202618,73817,7439955.3%
Jul 202618,66817,6071,0615.7%
Jun 202618,79617,7801,0165.4%
May 202618,75817,8099495.1%
Apr 202618,69917,7729275.0%
Mar 202618,66617,7728944.8%
Feb 202618,71217,7239895.3%
Jan 202618,64517,6301,0155.4%
Dec 202518,73517,7699665.2%
Nov 202518,77817,7471,0315.5%
Sep 202518,80117,8669355.0%
Aug 202518,72017,7869345.0%
Jul 202518,71317,8178964.8%
Jun 202518,83317,9418924.7%
May 202518,86318,0697944.2%
Apr 202518,86918,1317383.9%
Mar 202518,90218,1337694.1%
Feb 202518,84018,0747664.1%
Jan 202518,87118,0737984.2%
Dec 202418,84418,0927524.0%
Nov 202418,72717,9397884.2%
Oct 202418,86018,0837774.1%
Sep 202418,79118,0137784.1%
Aug 202418,85917,9748854.7%
Jul 202418,85618,0088484.5%
Jun 202418,81817,9918274.4%
May 202418,78218,0787043.7%
Apr 202418,83818,1896493.4%
Mar 202418,85418,1756793.6%
Feb 202418,80218,0987043.7%
Jan 202418,77218,0207524.0%
Dec 202318,94018,2436973.7%
Nov 202318,88618,1966903.7%
Oct 202319,03618,2627744.1%
Sep 202318,92518,1677584.0%
Aug 202318,88618,0997874.2%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202518,81117,9468654.6%
202418,81718,0557624.0%
202318,82318,1316923.7%
202218,32717,6316963.8%
202117,97016,8431,1276.3%
202017,66515,6991,96611.1%
201917,60216,9156873.9%
201817,29016,5407504.3%
201717,33816,4528865.1%
201617,23716,2799585.6%
201515,71114,7649476.0%
201415,67214,5241,1487.3%
201315,48614,1491,3378.6%
201215,32813,7761,55210.1%
201115,23713,5111,72611.3%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$970.9M

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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$483M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$784M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error14.6%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$61.5M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$102M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error16.4%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$483M$784M$670M14.6%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$61.5M$102M$85.1M16.4%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses298New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20166 highAug 2026
Food service licenses80Aug 2026
Lodging licenses146Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses72Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months13Aug 2026
Establishments (ZIP basis)1,0372023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)17,1732023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$1.11B2023

County Business Patterns and ZIP Code Business Patterns, complete data files, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses

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

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 33404.

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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
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging54
2010-SEATfood46
2APSalcohol43
2003-NAPTlodging38
2014-MFDVfood19
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging17
2010-NOSTfood13
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging9
2COPalcohol7
4COP-SFSalcohol7
2001-HOTLlodging7
2003-TAPTlodging6
4COP-Salcohol5
4COPalcohol4
2002-MOTLlodging4
2006-CNDO-CLCTlodging4
2007-DWEL-GRPlodging4
3PSalcohol3
2006-CNDO-GRPlodging3
2013-CATRfood2
11Calcohol1
13CTalcohol1
1APSalcohol1

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 33404: the ZIP codes whose Census internal point falls inside the city limits. A ZIP code crosses the limits, so this is a ZIP basis, not the city.

ZIP codeEstablishmentsEmployeesAnnual payroll
334041,03717,173$1.11B

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months435Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 2016251 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+1877.3%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$62.7MAug 2026
Units, latest month0Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months11Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months416Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table1752025

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 2026000$0
Jul 202685085$14.6M
Jun 2026330$6.71M
May 2026600$735K
Apr 202687285$5.43M
Mar 202686185$4.95M
Feb 2026110$569K
Jan 2026220$1.25M
Dec 2025200$323K
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025000$0
Sep 20251632161$28.1M
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025400$695K
May 2025000$0
Apr 2025330$1.46M
Mar 2025000$0
Feb 2025000$0
Jan 2025330$2.29M
Dec 2024550$1.44M
Nov 2024620$1.27M
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024110$288K
Aug 2024550$1.44M
Jul 2024520$925K
Jun 2024110$2.73M
May 2024420$1.41M
Apr 2024110$304K
Mar 2024110$286K
Feb 2024110$130K
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023000$0
Nov 2023220$571K
Oct 2023110$2.5M
Sep 2023110$600K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
20251758161$32.9M
202430210$10.2M
202320137$6.51M
202214614112$13.7M
20211218525$27M
20203683660$84.1M
201912410021$26.3M
201830975232$43.3M
20171495$2.62M
2016281018$3.77M
2015880$4.68M
2014330$1.12M
2013550$2.23M
2012220$1.27M
2011000$0

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$12.1B
Total taxable value (non school)$8.67B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$9.45B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+2.0%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+5.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$11.8B2025 final roll
New construction value$68.7M2026 preliminary
Parcels16,4542026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll, 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-03

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$256K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months502Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$420KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$8.1B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$932M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$1.51B2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$3.17M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$178M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$104M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$846M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$389M2026 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
Residential14,421$8.1B$6.14B$46.6M17,796-0.7%
Commercial284$932M$885M$7.67Mn/a+6.1%
Industrial471$1.51B$1.27B$538Kn/a+10.3%
Agricultural2$3.17M$836K$0n/a+1.6%
Vacant672$178M$133M$141Kn/a+7.0%
Institutional128$104M$30M$0n/a+2.7%
Government323$846M$2.21M$13.4Mn/a+7.2%
Other153$389M$203M$300Kn/a+7.4%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units18,039Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199062.0% high2024
Occupied units13,9272020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units4,1122020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households8,6652020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households5,2622020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate62.2%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)46.9%2025
Cost burdened renter households61.3%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%)33.6%2025
Assisted housing developments9Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units1,011Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.7K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$355K2024

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 less3054552,108
All households30.01-50% AMI626732918
All households50.01-80% AMI1,3101,361568
All households80.01-120% AMI1,07841966
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI4,65935971
Renters30% AMI or less1302301,588
Renters30.01-50% AMI199503589
Renters50.01-80% AMI472906124
Renters80.01-120% AMI4651680
RentersGreater than 120% AMI1,390910
Owners30% AMI or less175225520
Owners30.01-50% AMI427229329
Owners50.01-80% AMI838455444
Owners80.01-120% AMI61325166
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI3,26926871

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$85K120
1997$77.2K155
1998$70K181
1999$75.5K195
2000$82K199
2001$95.5K156
2002$95K189
2003$105K222
2004$130K258
2005$154K319
2006$175K256
2007$175K105
2008$142K90
2009$80K76
2010$48K105
2011$57.8K96
2012$48.5K147
2013$64K200
2014$75K178
2015$79.2K188

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Indian Trace1000 Indian Trace CircleRiviera Beach330330
Azure Estates1555 Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. HighwayRiviera Beach216216
Residences at Marina Village1124 Broadway AvenueRiviera Beach14983
Berkeley Landing3100 BroadwayRiviera Beach112110
Heron Estates Senior2003 W 17th CourtRiviera Beach101101
Villa Franciscan2101 AVENUE FRiviera Beach8584
Heron Estates Family2003 W 17th CourtRiviera Beach7979
Poney Martin Group Homen/aRiviera Beach66
1130 BLUE HERON APARTMENTS1130 W Blue Heron BlvdRiviera Beach22

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$288KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$415K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$3.78MFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$3.78MSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-0.2%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$131KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$1.59MFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$1.59MSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+1.5%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$324MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+35.1%FY2024
Total expenditures$277MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+25.4%FY2024
Revenues per resident$8.23KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$231MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before+1.9%FY2025

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$288K
Aug 2026$301K
Jul 2026$301K
Jun 2026$317K
May 2026$366K
Apr 2026$319K
Mar 2026$333K
Feb 2026$379K
Jan 2026$319K
Dec 2025$293K
Nov 2025$292K
Oct 2025$270K
Sep 2025$293K
Aug 2025$295K
Jul 2025$309K
Jun 2025$324K
May 2025$369K
Apr 2025$358K
Mar 2025$302K
Feb 2025$365K
Jan 2025$326K
Dec 2024$289K
Nov 2024$283K
Oct 2024$277K
Sep 2024$277K
Aug 2024$281K
Jul 2024$312K
Jun 2024$327K
May 2024$367K
Apr 2024$335K
Mar 2024$325K
Feb 2024$386K
Jan 2024$333K
Dec 2023$315K
Nov 2023$311K
Oct 2023$294K

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$131K
Aug 2026$131K
Jul 2026$131K
Jun 2026$130K
May 2026$130K
Apr 2026$130K
Mar 2026$130K
Feb 2026$130K
Jan 2026$130K
Dec 2025$139K
Nov 2025$139K
Oct 2025$139K
Sep 2025$142K
Aug 2025$142K
Jul 2025$142K
Jun 2025$124K
May 2025$124K
Apr 2025$124K
Mar 2025$124K
Feb 2025$124K
Jan 2025$124K
Dec 2024$124K
Nov 2024$136K
Oct 2024$136K
Sep 2024$136K
Aug 2024$136K
Jul 2024$136K
Jun 2024$136K
May 2024$136K
Apr 2024$136K
Mar 2024$136K
Feb 2024$136K
Jan 2024$136K
Dec 2023$136K
Nov 2023$136K
Oct 2023$136K

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$231M+1.9%
FY2024$227M-10.5%
FY2023$254M+21.9%
FY2022$208M-23.5%
FY2021$272M+8.9%
FY2020$250M+0.7%
FY2019$248M-0.1%
FY2018$248M-0.4%
FY2017$249M-3.9%
FY2016$259M+47.6%
FY2015$176M+42.2%
FY2014$124M+12.0%
FY2013$110Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$88.6M$82.4M+7.5%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$9.31M$8.79M+5.9%
Intergovernmental Revenues$11.3M$11.9M-4.4%
Charges for Services$67.5M$60.7M+11.2%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$380K$331K+14.8%
Miscellaneous Revenues$84.4M$42.2M+99.8%
Other Sources$62.7M$33.7M+86.1%
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)$82.3M$75.4M+9.2%
Public Safety$67.1M$57.8M+16.1%
Physical Environment$39.2M$32.7M+20.0%
Transportation$2.18M$2.34M-6.9%
Economic Environment$10.8M$6.42M+68.2%
Human Services$1.99M$1.9M+5.1%
Culture / Recreation$10.5M$10.5M-0.3%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$62.7M$33.7M+86.1%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$153MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$231M high2026
Change on a year earlier+11.1%June 30, 2026
Change, real+7.5%June 30, 2026
Branches3June 30, 2026
Institutions3June 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 Riviera Beach.

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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
TD Bank, National AssociationRiviera Beach Branch2000 W Blue Heron BlvdRiviera Beach$76.7M
Truist BankRiviera Beach Branch2001 BroadwayRiviera Beach$45M
Fifth Third Bank, National AssociationSinger Island Bridge Office155 E Blue Heron BlvdRiviera Beach$31.6M

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