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South Bay

City, Palm Beach County. Population 4,982 (2025), 0.0% on the prior year, +2.5% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Population

2025
Population4,982Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519795.3k high2025
Change since the prior year0.0%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+2.5%2020 to 2025
Census 20204,8602020

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
20254,982estimate0.0%
20244,984estimate+0.5%
20234,958estimate-1.1%
20225,015estimate+1.8%
20214,924estimate+1.3%
20204,860census-7.8%
20195,270estimate+1.9%
20185,174estimate-0.8%
20175,215estimate-1.5%
20165,293estimate+2.8%
20155,151estimate+5.2%
20144,898estimate+3.8%
20134,719estimate+0.2%
20124,711estimate-2.4%
20114,827estimate-1.0%
20104,876census+5.4%
20094,626estimate-1.6%
20084,702estimate+0.1%
20074,698estimate+0.7%
20064,666estimate+14.0%
20054,092estimate+0.3%
20044,079estimate-0.2%
20034,087estimate+3.9%
20023,934estimate+2.8%
20013,827estimate-0.8%
20003,859census+15.7%
19993,334estimate0.0%
19983,334estimate-0.8%
19973,362estimate+1.0%
19963,329estimate-17.6%
19954,042estimate+0.4%
19944,027estimate-0.9%
19934,064estimate+17.9%
19923,448estimate-3.8%
19913,584estimaten/a
19893,670estimate-1.8%
19883,736estimate+1.9%
19873,666estimate+1.0%
19863,631estimate-0.4%
19853,644estimate+0.3%
19843,633estimate-1.1%
19833,675estimate-0.7%
19823,702estimate-2.1%
19813,780estimaten/a
19793,847estimaten/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$115.3M

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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$11.2M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$108M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error85.0%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$739K2017
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)$11.2M$108M$16.2M85.0%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$739Kn/an/an/a
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 85% from the 2022 Census figure for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)
  • 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 businesses20New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Food service licenses6Aug 2026
Lodging licenses4Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses10Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months3Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)43Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-8.5%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month5Sep 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: South Bay, 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
2APSalcohol8
2014-MFDVfood4
2010-SEATfood2
2002-MOTLlodging2
2003-NAPTlodging2
2COPalcohol1
4COP-SFSalcohol1

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: South Bay)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies3441
Florida profit corporations73
Florida non-profit corporations23
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months0Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 201616 highAug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$0Aug 2026
Units, latest month0Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table02025

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 2026000$0
Jun 2026000$0
May 2026000$0
Apr 2026000$0
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 2026000$0
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025000$0
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025000$0
Apr 2025000$0
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 2024000$0
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024000$0
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024000$0
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023000$0
Nov 2023000$0
Oct 2023000$0
Sep 2023000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2025000$0
2024000$0
2023000$0
2022000$0
2021000$0
2020000$0
2019000$0
2018000$0
201716016$1.14M
2016000$0
2015000$0
2014000$0
2013000$0
2012000$0
2011000$0

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$241M
Total taxable value (non school)$73.8M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$87.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+1.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$237M2025 final roll
New construction value$302K2026 preliminary
Parcels6642026 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$175K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months7Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$200KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$88.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$14.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$10.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$53.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$5.91M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$4.14M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$63.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$291K2026 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
Residential412$88.8M$39.5M$287K638+3.7%
Commercial34$14.2M$12.7M$3.5Kn/a+3.0%
Industrial11$10.7M$9.28M$11.1Kn/a-6.6%
Agricultural35$53.3M$6.87M$0n/a0.0%
Vacant113$5.91M$4.5M$0n/a+10.2%
Institutional15$4.14M$727K$0n/a-1.1%
Government34$63.9M$14.2K$0n/a+1.0%
Other11$291K$160K$0n/a+5.9%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units935Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199060.0% high2024
Occupied units8612020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units742020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households5152020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households3462020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate59.8%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)47.3%2025
Cost burdened renter households66.4%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%)51.6%2025
Assisted housing developments1Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units131Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.08K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$258K2024

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 less1875350
All households30.01-50% AMI86360
All households50.01-80% AMI1191312
All households80.01-120% AMI149180
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI18900
Renters30% AMI or less049306
Renters30.01-50% AMI29310
Renters50.01-80% AMI2980
Renters80.01-120% AMI9200
RentersGreater than 120% AMI4900
Owners30% AMI or less182644
Owners30.01-50% AMI5750
Owners50.01-80% AMI90512
Owners80.01-120% AMI57180
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI14000

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$59K9
1997$63K13
1998$59K6
1999$74.5K6
2000$84K7
2001$73K11
2002$60K7
2003$85.8K18
2004$88.5K11
2005$90.2K20
2006$136K12
2007$142K8
2008$116K8
2009$94.4K1
2010$90K2
2011$55K1
2012$60K7
2013$39K2
2014$51K5
2015$35K1

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
New South Bay Villas845 Palm Beach RoadSouth Bay131131

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$22.4KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$34.7K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$294KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$294KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-0.5%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$17.3KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$209KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$209KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.4%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$5.5MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before-16.2%FY2024
Total expenditures$5.18MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-11.4%FY2024
Revenues per resident$1.1KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$759KFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-0.9%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$22.4K
Aug 2026$23.4K
Jul 2026$23.4K
Jun 2026$24.7K
May 2026$28.5K
Apr 2026$24.8K
Mar 2026$25.9K
Feb 2026$29.5K
Jan 2026$24.8K
Dec 2025$22.8K
Nov 2025$22.8K
Oct 2025$21K
Sep 2025$22.8K
Aug 2025$23K
Jul 2025$24.1K
Jun 2025$25.3K
May 2025$28.8K
Apr 2025$27.9K
Mar 2025$23.5K
Feb 2025$28.5K
Jan 2025$25.4K
Dec 2024$22.5K
Nov 2024$22.1K
Oct 2024$21.6K
Sep 2024$22.1K
Aug 2024$22.4K
Jul 2024$24.9K
Jun 2024$26.1K
May 2024$29.3K
Apr 2024$26.7K
Mar 2024$25.9K
Feb 2024$30.8K
Jan 2024$26.5K
Dec 2023$25.1K
Nov 2023$24.8K
Oct 2023$23.4K

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$17.3K
Aug 2026$17.3K
Jul 2026$17.3K
Jun 2026$17.1K
May 2026$17.1K
Apr 2026$17.1K
Mar 2026$17.1K
Feb 2026$17.1K
Jan 2026$17.1K
Dec 2025$18.2K
Nov 2025$18.2K
Oct 2025$18.2K
Sep 2025$18.7K
Aug 2025$18.7K
Jul 2025$18.7K
Jun 2025$16.6K
May 2025$16.6K
Apr 2025$16.6K
Mar 2025$16.6K
Feb 2025$16.6K
Jan 2025$16.6K
Dec 2024$16.6K
Nov 2024$18.1K
Oct 2024$18.1K
Sep 2024$18.1K
Aug 2024$18.1K
Jul 2024$18.1K
Jun 2024$19.2K
May 2024$19.2K
Apr 2024$19.2K
Mar 2024$19.2K
Feb 2024$19.2K
Jan 2024$19.2K
Dec 2023$19.2K
Nov 2023$19.2K
Oct 2023$19.2K

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$759K-0.9%
FY2024$765K-4.7%
FY2023$803K-4.3%
FY2022$840K-4.3%
FY2021$878K-6.0%
FY2020$933K-6.4%
FY2019$997K-15.7%
FY2018$1.18M-7.9%
FY2017$1.28M-32.4%
FY2016$1.9M-0.9%
FY2015$1.92M-9.3%
FY2014$2.11M+16.5%
FY2013$1.82Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$1.44M$1.37M+4.7%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$412K$408K+0.8%
Intergovernmental Revenues$2.13M$3.47M-38.6%
Charges for Services$947K$928K+2.0%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$13.6K$5.08K+166.9%
Miscellaneous Revenues$360K$293K+22.8%
Other Sources$205K$88.5K+131.4%
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)$2.1M$2.51M-16.3%
Public Safety$239K$234K+2.4%
Physical Environment$1.44M$562K+156.8%
Transportation$946K$1.82M-47.9%
Culture / Recreation$244K$637K-61.7%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$205K$88.5K+131.4%
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Human Servicesn/an/an/a
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a

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