Palm Coast, Florida population is 109,886 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #296 nationally and #23 in Florida. Cost of living runs 0.6% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); a family of four needs roughly $95,970/yr to break even (2025 modeled). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
At a glance.
2025 population
109,886
+3,533 in the last year
Top 2% of 19,483 U.S. cities
Census Vintage 2025
Cost of living
RPP 99.4
−0.6% vs US
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL metro · BEA 2024
Family-of-4 budget
$95,970/yr
+20% vs US
Modeled 2025 · federal sources
Median HH income
$77,350
−0.5% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
Median home value
$350,800
+16% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
2-BR fair-market rent
$1,806/mo
HUD FY2026 · 40th pct
Avg July high
91°F
NOAA 1991–2020
Gigabit broadband
90%
ISP-reported, FCC BDC
Explore Palm Coast, FL demographics, including age, race and ethnicity, households, origins, language, and education.
How many people live in Palm Coast?
109,886 people live in Palm Coast as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #296 largest U.S. city.
How big is Palm Coast?
Palm Coast covers 96.3 square miles of land and 1.2 square miles of water. Its population density is about 1,141 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 23.2% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 89,224 → 2025: 109,886 (+23.2%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
89,224
April 1, 2020
2020
89,713
July 1, 2020
2021
93,788
July 1, 2021
2022
98,608
July 1, 2022
2023
102,400
July 1, 2023
2024
106,353
July 1, 2024
2025
109,886
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 18.9% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Palm Coast is the #296 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #23 in Florida.
▸Show the analyst detail (9 rows)
Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
89,224
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+20,662
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+23.2%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+3,533
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+3.3%
within V2025 only
Density
1,141
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
96.3
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#296
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#23
of 411 in Florida
What is the median household income in Palm Coast?
Median household income is 0% below the U.S. median ($77,350 vs $77,719); 10.6% live in poverty — 1.9 points below the 12.5% U.S. rate.
Median household income$77,350
US
Palm Coast: $77,350 — 0% below the US median of $77,719.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data
Palm Coast
$77,350
United States
$77,719
Income and poverty estimates for Palm Coast from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
77,350-0.5% vs US
±3,887
Per capita income
42,023-2.9% vs US
±3,845
Population in poverty
10.6%
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 16% above the U.S. median ($350,800 vs $303,400); median rent is 32% above ($1,782 vs $1,348); price-to-income ratio is 4.5×, making it 1.2× as cost-burdened as the typical U.S. city (3.9×).
Median home value$350,800
US
Palm Coast: $350,800 — 16% above the US median of $303,400.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,806/mo
US
Palm Coast: $1,806/mo — 68% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2024 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Palm Coast. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
4.0%
Palm Coast (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
44,074
2024 annual avg
Worked from home
17.4%+24.5% vs US
share of workers 16+ commuting from home · U.S. median: 14% · ACS
County context — Palm Coast sits in Flagler County:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Flagler County
9.9%
$84,156
4.0%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Palm Coast's linked county in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2024 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Accommodation and food services (72)
4,472
$522 / wk
#2
Retail trade (44-45)
4,418
$697 / wk
#3
Health care and social assistance (62)
4,340
$1,156 / wk
#4
Administrative and waste services (56)
2,266
$981 / wk
#5
Construction (23)
2,253
$993 / wk
What workers earn in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Retail Salespersons is the largest tracked occupation in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL metro (8,780 jobs, median $33,370/yr).
▸Show all 13 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Fast Food and Counter Workers
7,240
$28,660
$13.78
Cashiers
6,070
$29,950
$14.40
Waiters and Waitresses
5,920
$35,440
$17.04
Office Clerks, General
4,660
$41,550
$19.98
Stockers and Order Fillers
4,530
$36,640
$17.61
Customer Service Representatives
3,430
$38,030
$18.29
Cooks, Restaurant
3,280
$36,350
$17.48
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
8,780
$33,370
$16.04
Registered Nurses · benchmark
6,600
$84,180
$40.47
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
4,800
$91,710
$44.09
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
2,280
$57,770
—
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
All items run within 1 point of the U.S. average (RPP 99.4); utilities stand out at RPP 87.6 (12.4% below the U.S. average).
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 99.4
US
Palm Coast's cost of living runs 0.6% below the U.S. average (RPP 99.4 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 99.4
−0.6% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,806/mo
FY2026 · Palm Coast, FL HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
0%
no state income tax · TY2025
Family-of-four monthly budget total
$7,997/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources
Single-adult monthly budget total
$4,598/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources
Local income tax
—
not applicable in Florida · no modeled local income tax
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
14.8% foreign-born (U.S. median 14%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (8.3% of residents 5+).
A quick read on Palm Coast's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
Hottest month: July (91°F avg high). Coldest: January (47°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 52.4 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Palm Coast from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Natural-hazard exposure for Palm Coast from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Palm Coast?
11 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 90% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Palm Coast from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of June 30, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
11 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
10
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
90.1%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
89.8%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
48,654
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of June 30, 2025 · methodology →
In-state context.
Palm Coast sits at state rank #23 among 411 cities in Florida. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just below in the profiled set: Costa Mesa, CA · #297 · 108,881 residents.
Quick travel facts for Palm Coast
Quick travel facts.
Nearest commercial airport
Daytona Beach International Airport(DAB) · 27 mi 43 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
Feb, Nov, Dec · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP) · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (FAA-aligned, type=large/medium, scheduled_service=yes) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about Palm Coast.
How many people live in Palm Coast, FL?
Palm Coast has 109,886 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #296 largest city in the United States and #23 in Florida. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Palm Coast growing or shrinking?
Palm Coast has grown 23.2% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 20,662 residents, including a 3.3% increase from 2024 to 2025. Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
What was Palm Coast's population in the 2020 census?
The GEOID for Palm Coast is 1254200. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
