Cities grew at a faster pace over the past five years in Palm Beach County than areas outside municipal boundaries, with Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach and Westlake leading the charge.

The county’s largest city, West Palm Beach, added the most people since the 2020 U.S. Census, with 9,529 more residents, annual estimates released in October by the University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research show.

The continued growth is a tribute to all the city has to offer and helps to meet the needs of a diverse population that draws a huge influx of commuters into its downtown every day, said Assistant City Administrator Armando Fana.

“It’s a little town with big-town amenities,” he told Stet News, adding, “It’s certainly better to be on the uptick of population growth t

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