West Palm Beach housing market: home prices and forecast
West Palm Beach home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index valued a typical West Palm Beach, Florida home at $404,711 in September 2026. This was up 2.4% from a year earlier but down 3.6% from its $419,752 peak in September 2024.
- Value of a typical home
- $404,711September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- Since September 2025, the change was +2.4%.
West Palm Beach home prices since 2000
The United States is the grey line, and West Palm Beach is the steel line. West Palm Beach's typical home increased from $97,058 to $404,711 beginning in January 2000, a ×4.17 change. Over the same period, the US recorded ×2.99. The boom reached its high in August 2006 at $258,445 before falling to a low of $114,277 in November 2011, a decline of −55.8%.
Yearly median home price in West Palm Beach
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values. For 2026, only the latest month is shown.
| Year | West Palm Beach | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $99,713 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $107,843 | +8.2% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $121,815 | +13.0% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $139,822 | +14.8% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $166,115 | +18.8% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $209,815 | +26.3% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $252,059 | +20.1% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $236,059 | −6.3% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $195,195 | −17.3% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $154,128 | −21.0% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $132,860 | −13.8% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $118,137 | −11.1% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $117,152 | −0.8% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $135,934 | +16.0% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $161,998 | +19.2% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $178,522 | +10.2% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $194,541 | +9.0% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $211,570 | +8.8% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $227,818 | +7.7% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $238,936 | +4.9% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $250,344 | +4.8% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $289,429 | +15.6% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $378,263 | +30.7% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $403,927 | +6.8% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $417,812 | +3.4% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $402,430 | −3.7% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $404,711 | +2.4% | $366,157 |
Current worth of a home bought in any year in West Palm Beach
It is an index-based estimate, not an appraisal, for a typical home.
For each year, the figure averages its twelve monthly index values, and the current value is September 2026. More choices include the home appreciation calculator.
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West Palm Beach housing market forecast
In the Miami, FL metro, Zillow's forecast calls for +0.7% during the 12 months beginning September 2026. Over the next three months, it predicts −0.1%. West Palm Beach's typical value is $404,711; applying the forecast would place it near $407,500 after one year.
Zillow's central estimate for the metro is restated here. The site does not publish any forecast of its own. Forecasts for a 12-month period like this have usually differed from the realised change by several percentage points, either up or down. This is not investment advice.
All metro forecasts appear together: housing market forecast.
West Palm Beach housing market crash risk score
A moderate rating: 36 out of 100.
Against 292 cities, West Palm Beach is ranked by five conditions that ran high before earlier price falls. Each input receives a score from 0 to 100 compared with the other cities. The five scores then receive equal weight in the average. It presents conditions today rather than forecasting a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −8.4% | 32 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | −1.2% | 37 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 14.3 | 21 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 5.4 | 64 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +2.4% | 26 | 20% |
This information is not investment advice. Input scoring method: methodology. Rankings for all 292 cities: crash risk by city.
West Palm Beach inventory and days on market
For September 2026 the Miami, FL metro listed 41,277 homes for sale. That total was −12.3% compared with a year earlier and −8.4% compared with the same month of 2019. Listings had a median sale time of 85 days, which was 1.2% below 2019. Price cuts applied to 14.9% of listings.
| Miami, FL metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 41,277 | −12.3% |
| New listings | 10,234 | |
| Median days on market | 85 | −4.5% |
| Median list price | $490,000 | −2.0% |
| Share with a price cut | 14.9% |
Metro inventory from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. For every metro, see days on market by city.
What living in West Palm Beach costs
West Palm Beach's typical asking rent is $2,365 per month, according to the Zillow Observed Rent Index. This is 4.2% higher than a year earlier. A typical home costs the equivalent of 14.3 years of that rent. A median household earns $74,478 (Census ACS 2024), while a typical home costs 5.4 times one year's income. BEA gives the metro a price index of 114.2, compared with a US average of 100, and a housing cost index of 155.6.
Salary needed to move there, plus rent and prices: cost of living in West Palm Beach.
Additional Florida housing markets
- Value: Jacksonville $284,832.
- Value: Miami $583,705.
- Value: Tampa $375,619.
- Value: Orlando $372,775.
- $351,862 in St. Petersburg.
- Port St. Lucie $384,099
- Cape Coral $334,660
- Value: Tallahassee $291,188.
- Fort Lauderdale $509,743
- Value: Hollywood $442,331.
Statewide market: Florida housing market.
How to read the chart
For West Palm Beach, every point on the chart gives a Zillow Home Value Index reading. That reading is the smoothed and seasonally adjusted dollar value of a typical home in the market's middle third, for that month. An open circle indicates the selected slider month, while a terracotta circle marks the most recent month. Without inflation adjustments, these figures track a typical home rather than any one house. To work out an individual home's value, use its own sale price with either the card displayed above it or the home appreciation calculator.