A town of 44,373, settled in 1926. Nearly 2.9% of it is conserved land.
The 3 things Greenacres does most differently from other towns.
37,573 people in 2010; 44,373 today.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 · ACS
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Ordered by what stands out in Greenacres. Another town gets a different order.
1.9 miles of trails across 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Greenacres Freedom Park | 1.2 mi | 49 |
| 2. Samuel J. Ferreri Community Park | — | 14 |
| 3. River Bridge park | — | 3 |
Greenacres beats the Florida average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| What stands out | Greenacres | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.2% | 9.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 23.6% | 15.9% |
The public schools Greenacres’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 52% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholee Lake Elementary School | PK–5 | 976 | C |
| Liberty Park Elementary School | PK–5 | 914 | C− |
| Heritage Elementary School | K–5 | 817 | C |
| Diamond View Elementary School | PK–5 | 800 | C+ |
| Greenacres Elementary School | PK–5 | 773 | B− |
| Montessori Academyof Early Enrichment Inc | PK–5 | 192 | C+ |
The typical Greenacres home is worth about $283,000, down 2.3% in a year, 25% below the Florida typical home.
Most working residents leave Greenacres for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are West Palm Beach (13%), Palm Springs (7%) and Boynton Beach (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.
Greenacres has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 91°, a January night drops to 56°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 66% of U.S. communities.
Greenacres reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 56% report less.
Where Greenacres’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
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City in Florida, United States
Greenacres is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area in South Florida. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 43,990 residents. Frederick E. Bryant, Harold J. Bryant, and William Greenwood of the Palm Beach Farms Company began buying and selling thousands of acres of land in the area by 1909. However, difficulties with farming in wetland conditions left the land mostly unused until the 1920s land boom. Lawrence Carter "L. C." Swain then platted the original section of Greenacres beginning in 1923. The community was incorporated as Greenacres City on May 24, 1926, with the name being drawn out of a hat. The city was dis-inc…
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