A typical North Palm Beach home is worth about $630,000
Up 2.4% in a year, 68% above the Florida typical home. Homes typically sell in 80 days, below asking.
What kind of housing town is North Palm Beach?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 7 years of income
More than across Florida (5 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $278K short of a typical North Palm Beach home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,300 a month here, $1,460 less than owning.
How North Palm Beach ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, North Palm Beach’s typical property tax (0.86% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A buyer's market
More homes are for sale than are selling — about 8 months of supply. Buyers have room to negotiate.
Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.
Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.
Up 20.2% in five years
About the same pace as Florida (20.3%).
Show as a table
| January | North Palm Beach | Florida |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $357,000 | $209,000 |
| 2018 | $377,000 | $226,000 |
| 2019 | $408,000 | $242,000 |
| 2020 | $417,000 | $253,000 |
| 2021 | $456,000 | $276,000 |
| 2022 | $571,000 | $340,000 |
| 2023 | $672,000 | $392,000 |
| 2024 | $674,000 | $402,000 |
| 2025 | $653,000 | $397,000 |
| 2026 | $613,000 | $377,000 |
| August 2026 | $630,000 | $376,000 |
A typical North Palm Beach home worth $354K in September 2016 is worth about $630K today.
How North Palm Beach ranks on rising home prices →
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,300
Renters already here pay a median of $2,010, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
How North Palm Beach ranks on rent that’s easy to afford →
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
14 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 14 new homes in North Palm Beach in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $17.8 million to build. That's 1.1 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Florida (8.3). Over the past 10 years, North Palm Beach has permitted 106 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, North Palm Beach gained 1,147 residents while 217 new homes were permitted: about 5.3 new residents per new home. Population grew faster than building, so existing homes filled up: a sign of tight supply. Across Florida: 2.8 new residents per new home.
How North Palm Beach ranks on housing keeping up with growth →
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 11 | 11 | 0 | $3.4 million |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $17.8 million |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 0 | $33.8 million |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 0 | $17.4 million |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $12.6 million |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 0 | $15.5 million |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $10.3 million |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $4 million |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $3.2 million |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $5.5 million |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| 2015 | 32 | 6 | 26 | $6.9 million |
| 2014 | 146 | 0 | 146 | $1.6 million |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $3.5 million |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $553,000 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $881,000 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $168,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $146,000 |
| 2005 | 19 | 19 | 0 | $7.5 million |
| 2004 | 26 | 26 | 0 | $6.4 million |
| 2003 | 61 | 51 | 10 | $11.3 million |
| 2002 | 67 | 28 | 39 | $17.4 million |
| 2001 | 59 | 59 | 0 | $31.7 million |
| 2000 | 121 | 121 | 0 | $33.1 million |
North Palm Beach's permit office reported 8 of 12 months in 2025; the Census estimated the rest.
How North Palm Beach ranks on new homes being built →
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
75% of North Palm Beach households own their home
Half of North Palm Beach’s homes were built before 1972.
Florida: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
North Palm Beach vs. its neighbors
North Palm Beach is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
Compare more
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Palm Beach | $630K | +2.4% | $2,300 | 14 | $90,049 |
| Palm Beach Gardens | $696K | +3.2% | $2,720 | 404 | $106,947 |
| Lake Park | $417K | +4.4% | $1,820 | 4 | $70,954 |
| Riviera Beach | $411K | +0.7% | $1,950 | 175 | $68,060 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
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What North Palm Beach buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.