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Palm Beach Country Estates

Market as of October 25, 2026 · MLS file Palm Beach Country Estates MLS.csv · Tax file Palm Beach Country Estates Tax.csv

Selling here

What sellers in Palm Beach Country Estates should know

Where current owners get their tax bills, timing, buyers' financing and how close sales land to asking, drawn from 46 sales in the past year and every contract since 2015.

Owner mailing

Where Palm Beach Country Estates owners receive their tax bills

Of 1,495 residential parcels, 132 have a tax-bill mailing address somewhere other than the property itself: 128 in the U.S. and 4 outside it.

Mailed to the property1,29469 could not be compared
Mailed elsewhere1329.3% of parcels compared
States and counties10 · 234 international, not ranked

By state

  1. Florida112
  2. California3
  3. New York3
  4. Arizona2
  5. Delaware2
  6. Virginia2
  7. Illinois1
  8. South Carolina1
  9. Tennessee1
  10. Texas1

By county, alongside IRS migration to Palm Beach County

9 of the counties where Palm Beach Country Estates owners receive tax bills rank among the 25 places that sent the most households to Palm Beach County in 2022 to 2023, according to IRS migration data. Those counties account for 18 Palm Beach Country Estates owners. Linked counties open a tax parcel map of homes valued over $3 million, $5 million and $10 million.

CountyOwnersHouseholds moved to Palm Beach CountyTheir average incomeRank of 228
Palm Beach County, FL89Local owners, different address
Broward County, FL57,488$94,2951
Martin County, FL4714$118,1797
Miami-Dade County, FL32,734$112,0292
Maricopa County, AZ2192$127,40631
Marin County, CA1Under 20 households, not reported
San Mateo County, CA126$263,462191
Solano County, CA1Under 20 households, not reported
New Castle County, DE162$154,339109
Sussex County, DE134$209,706159
All 23 counties
CountyOwnersHouseholds movedAverage incomeRank
Palm Beach County, FL89Local
Broward County, FL57,488$94,2951
Martin County, FL4714$118,1797
Miami-Dade County, FL32,734$112,0292
Maricopa County, AZ2192$127,40631
Marin County, CA1Under 20
San Mateo County, CA126$263,462191
Solano County, CA1Under 20
New Castle County, DE162$154,339109
Sussex County, DE134$209,706159
Alachua County, FL1194$50,34029
Columbia County, FL1Under 20
Hillsborough County, FL1403$66,59315
Orange County, FL1684$63,6908
Cook County, IL1461$530,24511
New York County, NY1734$578,1495
Queens County, NY1572$96,9419
Suffolk County, NY1732$302,7426
York County, SC1Under 20
Davidson County, TN187$111,33385
Harris County, TX1182$127,22537
Alexandria city, VA129$260,034179
Fairfax County, VA1139$263,28153

Across all 228 named origin counties, 35,121 households moved to Palm Beach County in 2022 to 2023 with an average income of $186,305. A household is one tax return; income is adjusted gross income. The IRS figures cover everyone who moved to Palm Beach County, not Palm Beach Country Estates owners. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county-to-county migration. Explore Palm Beach County migration.

Counties are assigned to 121 U.S. addresses: 116 matched by street address and 5 estimated from a ZIP code that falls in one county; 7 could not be assigned. Palm Beach County here means a different local address. These are where current owners receive tax mail, not where they live or where buyers come from. Palm Beach County tax records exported September 5, 2026; analysis prepared October 12, 2026.

Contract timing

When buyers sign

JFMAMJJASOND
Spring, February to April2015 to 2019 (329 contracts)2021 to 2025 (216 contracts)
Spring share, 2015 to 201930%Busiest month: March
Spring share, 2021 to 202526%Busiest month: November

Contracts grouped by purchase contract date. 2020 and the partial current year are left out.

Buyers' financing

How buyers paid in the past year

Cash share28%Based on 46 sales
Cash · conventional · other13 · 26 · 70 sales with financing not reported

Share of sales with reported financing. Other is not the same as a mortgage.

Pricing

How close sales land to asking

Of final asking price96.8%Based on 46 sales
Of original asking price94.6%Based on 46 sales
Median days to contract39 daysBased on 42 sales

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