How much do homeowners pay a month in Highland Beach, FL?

Name: Homeowner costs in Highland Beach, FL, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
License: https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html

Homeowners with a mortgage in Highland Beach, FL pay a median of $4,000 or more a month in selected owner costs (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Owners without a mortgage pay $1,500 or more.

27.9% of owned homes carry a mortgage.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

With a mortgage: $4,000 or more
Without a mortgage: $1,500 or more
Owned with a mortgage: 27.9%

Monthly owner costs in Highland Beach

Median selected monthly owner costs, estimate (90% margin of error)
	Highland Beach	Palm Beach County	Florida	United States
With a mortgage	$4,000 or more	$2,383 (±$25)	$1,959 (±$5)	$1,963
Without a mortgage	$1,500 or more	$951 (±$12)	$673 (±$3)	$638
Owned homes with a mortgage	27.9% (±7.6 points)	52.4% (±0.7 points)	56.3% (±0.2 points)	60.6%
Median real estate taxes (a year)	$7,391 (±$1,072)	$3,858 (±$48)	$2,730 (±$10)	$3,119

Selected monthly owner costs are the mortgage payment, property taxes, insurance, utilities, fuels and any condominium or mobile-home fees.

How owner costs in Highland Beach have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median real estate taxes	$5,525 (±$644)	$7,391 (±$1,072)	+33.8%	No measurable change after inflation
Median home value	$591,500 (±$55,220)	$909,200 (±$121,189)	+53.7%	Up after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median monthly cost with a mortgage in places near Highland Beach

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Highland Beach
Place	Distance	Median monthly cost with a mortgage	Compared with this place
Highland Beach	—	$4,000 or more	—
Delray Beach	3.5 mi	$2,222 (±$84)	—
Boca Raton	3.6 mi	$3,306 (±$148)	—
Gulf Stream	5.2 mi	$4,000 or more	—
Golf	6.8 mi	$4,000 or more	—
Deerfield Beach	7.9 mi	$2,094 (±$118)	—
Boynton Beach	8.1 mi	$2,045 (±$124)	—
Ocean Ridge	8.3 mi	$4,000 or more	—
Hillsboro Beach	9.2 mi	$2,928 (±$463)	—

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median monthly cost with a mortgage across Palm Beach County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median monthly cost with a mortgage
1 (tie)	Golf	$4,000 or more
1 (tie)	Gulf Stream	$4,000 or more
1 (tie)	Highland Beach	$4,000 or more
1 (tie)	Jupiter Inlet Colony	$4,000 or more
1 (tie)	Manalapan	$4,000 or more
1 (tie)	Ocean Ridge	$4,000 or more
1 (tie)	Palm Beach	$4,000 or more
8	Westlake	$3,481 (±$368)
9	Juno Beach	$3,376 (±$344)

Showing 9 of 51 places in Palm Beach County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

What you can do on Seayora in Highland Beach

One account for renting, owning, managing and fixing homes, with these figures beside you.

Own or manage a rental?

List it, sign the lease and collect rent online, with the figures for Highland Beach beside you.

Create a landlord account · See what landlords get

Looking for a place to rent?

Browse homes for rent near Highland Beach, save the ones you like and apply online.

Browse rentals · Create a renter account

Do repairs, renovations or maintenance?

Get found by owners and renters near Highland Beach, and send estimates and invoices from your phone.

Join as a pro · Find a pro

Questions about Highland Beach

What is the average mortgage payment in Highland Beach?

The Census Bureau publishes total owner costs rather than the mortgage alone: the median for owners with a mortgage in Highland Beach, FL is $4,000 or more a month, including taxes, insurance and utilities.

How much does it cost to own a paid-off home in Highland Beach?

Owners without a mortgage in Highland Beach pay a median of $1,500 or more a month in taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) and detailed tables (acs/acs5) for Highland Beach town, Florida (place:30200, in state:12).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M, B25077_001E, B25077_001M from the 2019 release.

The API needs a free key.

Request a Census API key.

DP04_0101E, DP04_0101M, DP04_0109E, DP04_0109M, DP04_0091PE, DP04_0091PM, B25103_001E, B25103_001M

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.