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What You Should Know
South Palm Beach is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The
population was 699 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by
the U.S. Census Bureau was 1,536.
Geography
South Palm Beach is a small community on one of Florida's barrier islands — just
a few city blocks in length — along Florida State Road A1A. It is bordered on
the north by the Town of Palm Beach, Florida; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean;
on the west by the Intracoastal waterway (known locally as the Lake Worth
Lagoon); on the south by the Lantana public beach, beach access road, and bridge
for the Town of Lantana, Florida.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.9
square kilometers (0.3 square miles). Of which about 0.3 kmē (0.1 sq mi) of it
is land and 0.5 kmē (0.2 sq mi) (60.61%) is water.
Demographics
There were 453 households out of which 2.2% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 38.6% were married couples living together, 3.5% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 56.7% were non-families. 52.1% of all
households were made up of individuals and 28.5% had someone living alone who
was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.54 and the
average family size was 2.14.
In the town the population was spread out with 2.6% under the age of 18, 1.4%
from 18 to 24, 11.3% from 25 to 44, 30.5% from 45 to 64, and 54.2% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 67 years. For every 100 females there
were 75.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town was US$39,375, and the median
income for a family was $47,250. Males had a median income of $41,591 versus
$30,536 for females. The per capita income for the town was $38,456. About 15.3%
of families and 15.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including
none of those under age 18 and 15.9% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, English was the first language spoken by 92.96% of residents,
Finnish by 3.90%, and French as a mother tongue made up 3.12% of the population.
Business
Originally built around 1965, the two-story "Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn" and its
ocean-front restaurant, located at 3550 South Ocean Boulevard, make up the only
commercial business establishment within the town of South Palm Beach. A
controversial proposal by the family owned-and-operated Kosova Realty
Corporation to replace the inn with a luxury resort-style 12-story
condominium-hotel built over two stories of parking was unanimously rejected by
the Town Council on October 30, 2007. The current comprehensive plan limits new
buildings to six-stories over one-level of parking.