Florida · Census place 1205200

Belle Glade, Florida

Belle Glade is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida with an estimated 17,363 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 134th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,363
#134 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+3.8%
+640 people
Land area
7.0 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
2,477 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Belle Glade. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Belle Glade population, 2020 to 2024

Belle Glade added 640 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +251. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 138th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Belle Glade is 79% of it.

16.7k202016.8k202116.9k202217.1k202317.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,742. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Belle Glade covers 7.01 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 2,477 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Belle Glade is close to the typical town.

What county Belle Glade is in

All of Belle Glade's residents live in Palm Beach County, which had 1,582,055 residents in 2024. Belle Glade holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Belle Glade

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Belle Glade by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33430. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Belle Glade is

The Census internal point of Belle Glade is at 26.692200, -80.665600. Tallahassee, the capital, is 339.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wellington, FL (63,258 people), 24.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is West Palm Beach, FL, 33.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
26.692200, -80.665600
DMS
26°41'31.92"N 80°39'56.16"W
UTM
17N 533267.5E 2952387.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Belle Glade

At 26.69° N, Belle Glade gets about 13 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Belle Glade

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is South Bay, 4.3 miles away, with 5,160 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Belle Glade, FL?

17,363 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 640 (3.8%) from 16,723 in July 2020.

What county is Belle Glade in?

Palm Beach County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Belle Glade?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 33430.

How far is Belle Glade from Tallahassee?

339.2 miles (545.9 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Belle Glade.

What is the nearest larger city to Belle Glade?

Wellington, FL, with 63,258 residents, 24.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.