Highland Beach is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida, and situated 50 miles north of Miami and 28 miles south of Palm Beach. As of the 2020 US census, the population was 4,295.
History
Highland Beach was incorporated in 1949. The town was named for its relatively elevated town site. Highland Beach has only two businesses, which keeps the city mostly residential. The two businesses are The Delray Sands Resort and John P O'Grady Realty. The Delray Sands Resort was formerly the Holiday Inn. Both businesses operate out of the same building.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable"
|+Highland Beach racial composition<br> (Hispanics excluded from racial categories)<br> (NH = Non-Hispanic)
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|White (NH)
|3,873
|90.17%
|-
|Black or African American (NH)
|20
|0.47%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
|2
|0.05%
|-
|Asian (NH)
|81
|1.89%
|-
|Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH)
|4
|0.09%
|-
|Some other race (NH)
|20
|0.47%
|-
|Two or more races/Multiracial (NH)
|65
|1.51%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|230
|5.36%
|-
|Total
|4,295
|
|}
As of the 2020 census, Highland Beach had a population of 4,295. The median age was 69.8 years, with 3.8% of residents under age 18 and 61.6% aged 65 or older. For every 100 females, there were 89.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.7 males.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 2,441 households and 1,285 families in Highland Beach. Of all households, 5.5% had children under the age of 18, 51.9% were married-couple households, 16.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 26.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 36.7% of households were made up of individuals, and 26.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
2000 census
thumb|Highland Beach, Florida
At the 2000 census there were 3,775 people, 2,192 households, and 1,227 families in the town. The population density was . There were 3,677 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.33% White (95.6% were Non-Hispanic White), 0.37% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.11% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.97%.
As of 2000, Highland Beach had the tenth highest percentage of Austrian residents in the US, with 4.0% of the populace (tied with Mondovi, Wisconsin). Although the language percentages of Highland Beach didn't necessarily reflect the residents' ancestry, it had the thirty-sixth highest percentage of Russian residents in the US, at 10.90% of the town's population (tied with Atlantic Beach, New York), and the seventh highest percentage of Turkish residents in the US, at 1.20% of its population (tied with five other US areas, including Bay Harbor Islands).