Florida · Census place 1239081

Lake Worth Beach, Florida

Lake Worth Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida with an estimated 44,417 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 74th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
44,417
#74 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+5.2%
+2,192 people
Land area
5.9 sq mi
+ 0.92 sq mi water
Density
7,541 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Lake Worth Beach. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Lake Worth Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Lake Worth Beach added 2,192 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +401. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 108th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Lake Worth Beach is 2.0 times that size.

42.2k202042.6k202143.5k202244.0k202344.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 42,202. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lake Worth Beach covers 5.89 square miles of land and 0.92 of water, for 7,541 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Lake Worth Beach is denser than the typical town.

What county Lake Worth Beach is in

All of Lake Worth Beach's residents live in Palm Beach County, which had 1,582,055 residents in 2024. Lake Worth Beach holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lake Worth Beach

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lake Worth Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33460, 33461. 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 Lake Worth Beach is

The Census internal point of Lake Worth Beach is at 26.619700, -80.058700. Tallahassee, the capital, is 367.8 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greenacres, FL (45,197 people), 4.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is West Palm Beach, FL, 9.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
26.619700, -80.058700
DMS
26°37'10.92"N 80°03'31.32"W
UTM
17N 593705.9E 2944659.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
76RXJW9R+VG

Daylight in Lake Worth Beach

At 26.62° N, Lake Worth Beach 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 Lake Worth Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake Clarke Shores, 2.1 miles away, with 3,629 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lake Worth Beach, FL?

44,417 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,192 (5.2%) from 42,225 in July 2020.

What county is Lake Worth Beach in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lake Worth Beach?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 33460, 33461.

How far is Lake Worth Beach from Tallahassee?

367.8 miles (591.8 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Lake Worth Beach.

What is the nearest larger city to Lake Worth Beach?

Greenacres, FL, with 45,197 residents, 4.9 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.