South Bay, Florida

South Bay population, 2020 to 2024

South Bay added 163 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +16. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 155th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so South Bay is 24% of it.

South Bay covers 2.86 square miles of land and 1.07 of water, for 1,804 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so South Bay is less dense than the typical town.

What county South Bay is in

All of South Bay's residents live in Palm Beach County, which had 1,582,055 residents in 2024. South Bay holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Bay

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South Bay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33493. 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 South Bay is

The Census internal point of South Bay is at 26.688400, -80.735500. Tallahassee, the capital, is 336.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Belle Glade, FL (17,363 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is West Palm Beach, FL, 37.8 miles away.

Daylight in South Bay

At 26.69° N, South Bay 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 South Bay

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Belle Glade, 4.3 miles away, with 17,363 people.