Greenacres
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About Greenacres
City in Florida, United StatesGreenacres 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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How Greenacres ranks
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Housing in Greenacres
The typical Greenacres home is worth about $283,000, down 2.3% in a year, 25% below the Florida typical home.
A balanced market
Safety in Greenacres
Safety Grade C+
Greenacres reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 56% report less.
Work & commute in Greenacres
Full picture →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.
Health in Greenacres
Health Grade C+
Healthier than 36% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Florida
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 19 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Greenacres
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 66% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Greenacres
Full climate →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.
Schools in Greenacres
All Greenacres schools →School Grade B-
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 data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within FL. Ratings are from neighbors.