Demographics of Delray Beach city, Florida

Delray Beach city, Florida had 69,809 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +2,988 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Delray Beach city, in four figures

69,809
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 67,979 ±64.; +4.5%
Change since July 2020: +2,988 people.; 51.3 ±1.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $82,041 ±$5,459
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Delray Beach city, Florida's population grew 4.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Delray Beach city, Florida's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Delray Beach city, Florida's population grew 4.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Delray Beach city, Florida's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	66,821	100.0	100.0
2021	66,703	99.8	100.2
2022	67,686	101.3	100.7
2023	68,763	102.9	101.6
2024	69,827	104.5	102.5
2025	69,809	104.5	103.1

Population of Delray Beach city, Florida on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	66,821	—
2021	66,703	−118
2022	67,686	+983
2023	68,763	+1,077
2024	69,827	+1,064
2025	69,809	−18

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 51.3 ±1.8: for men 51.1 ±2.8 and for women 51.4 ±2.0. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Delray Beach city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Florida	United States
Under 5	2,853 ±571	4.2% ±0.8	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	6,258 ±757	9.2% ±1.1	14.5% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	4,453 ±703	6.6% ±1.0	8.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	16,734 ±1,134	24.6% ±1.7	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	18,645 ±1,166	27.4% ±1.7	25.7% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	19,036 ±1,164	28.0% ±1.7	21.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $82,041 ±$5,459, and income per person $58,236 ±$3,036, in 2024 dollars. The median is $74,568 ±$284 in Florida and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Delray Beach city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Florida	United States
Under $25,000	4,521 ±577	15.1% ±1.9	15.0% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	5,680 ±730	19.0% ±2.4	18.4% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	3,653 ±495	12.2% ±1.6	16.8% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	3,584 ±446	12.0% ±1.4	13.1% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	5,364 ±707	17.9% ±2.3	17.2% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	2,497 ±362	8.3% ±1.2	8.4% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	4,634 ±482	15.5% ±1.5	11.0% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Delray Beach city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Florida	United States
All ages	8,740 ±1,184	13.0% ±1.8	12.6% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,712 ±541	19.9% ±5.9	16.5% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	4,119 ±697	12.5% ±2.0	11.5% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	2,909 ±408	11.4% ±1.4	11.8% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Delray Beach city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Delray Beach city	Florida	United States
Housing units	37,427 ±896	10,256,470 ±942	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	80.0% ±1.6	85.3% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	20.0% ±1.5	14.7% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	63.2% ±2.9	67.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	36.8% ±2.4	32.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$420,300 ±$24,855	$359,000 ±$930	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,961 ±$85	$1,669 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1983 ±1	1988 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Delray Beach city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Florida	United States
Hispanic or Latino	7,584 ±1,122	11.2% ±1.7	27.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	35,646 ±1,497	52.4% ±2.2	50.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	19,704 ±1,813	29.0% ±2.7	14.6% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1,746 ±543	2.6% ±0.8	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 12	< 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 35	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	156 to 528	0.2% to 0.8%	0.7% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	2,951 ±696	4.3% ±1.0	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Delray Beach city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Florida	United States
Born in the state	20,531 ±1,546	30.2% ±2.3	35.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	29,718 ±1,429	43.7% ±2.1	38.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	1,724 ±421	2.5% ±0.6	4.0% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	16,006 ±1,410	23.5% ±2.1	21.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	9,273 ±1,011	13.6% ±1.5	12.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	6,733 ±909	9.9% ±1.3	9.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Delray Beach city among the places of Florida

53rd of 482 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Florida page.

Places of Florida near Delray Beach city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Wesley Chapel CDP	76,011 ±2,746
Poinciana CDP	75,068 ±4,439
Lauderhill city	74,896 ±53
Tamarac city	73,019 ±125
Weston city	68,837 ±65
Delray Beach city	67,979 ±64
Horizon West CDP	67,416 ±4,893
Ocala city	66,584 ±82
Port Charlotte CDP	66,133 ±2,265
St. Cloud city	65,130 ±43
Four Corners CDP	65,048 ±3,541

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Delray Beach city, Florida

Rankings this appears in

No. 38 Places in Florida by median rent
No. 40 Places in Florida by per capita income
No. 59 Places in Florida by poverty rate
No. 63 Places in Florida by median age
No. 94 Places in Florida by median household income
No. 105 Places in Florida by median home value

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026