Florida · Census place 1271525

Tequesta, Florida

Tequesta is a village in Palm Beach County, Florida with an estimated 6,285 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 212th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,285
#212 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+2.1%
+127 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
+ 0.42 sq mi water
Density
3,434 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Tequesta. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Tequesta population, 2020 to 2024

Tequesta added 127 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +53. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 182nd; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Tequesta is 29% of it.

6,15820206,12120216,16020226,23220236,2852024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,163. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tequesta covers 1.83 square miles of land and 0.42 of water, for 3,434 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Tequesta is denser than the typical town.

What county Tequesta is in

All of Tequesta's residents live in Palm Beach County, which had 1,582,055 residents in 2024. Tequesta holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tequesta

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tequesta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 33469. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Tequesta is

The Census internal point of Tequesta is at 26.964900, -80.113200. Tallahassee, the capital, is 348.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jupiter, FL (62,987 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is West Palm Beach, FL, 15.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
26.964900, -80.113200
DMS
26°57'53.64"N 80°06'47.52"W
UTM
17N 588013.4E 2982856.5N
Geohash
dhz12uz3g
Plus code
76RXXV7P+XP

Daylight in Tequesta

At 26.96° N, Tequesta gets about 13 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tequesta

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Jupiter, 3.2 miles away, with 62,987 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tequesta, FL?

6,285 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 127 (2.1%) from 6,158 in July 2020.

What county is Tequesta in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tequesta?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 33469.

How far is Tequesta from Tallahassee?

348.3 miles (560.6 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Tequesta.

What is the nearest larger city to Tequesta?

Jupiter, FL, with 62,987 residents, 3.2 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.