West Palm Beach is a relatively large coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 127,744 people and 65 associated neighborhoods, West Palm Beach is the 17th largest community in Florida.

Also of interest is that West Palm Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.31% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing that you will notice about West Palm Beach is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider West Palm Beach a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

West Palm Beach is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

The citizens of West Palm Beach are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.19% of adults in West Palm Beach have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in West Palm Beach in 2022 was $48,223, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $192,892 for a family of four. However, West Palm Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

West Palm Beach is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Palm Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Palm Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. West Palm Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.61% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Palm Beach include German, English, Italian, Haitian, and Irish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of West Palm Beach's cultural character, accounting for 28.21% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in West Palm Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.