Elevation of Palm Bay
18ft
above sea level · 5 m
Palm Bay is a city in Florida with 148,092 people, the 14th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 22nd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 28.03° N · 80.59° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 28° 2′ 4″ N · 80° 35′ 19″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 17R · 540,431 E · 3,101,088 N
- Zone 17 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 148,092 people
- 86.7 sq mi of land · 1,709 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from December 2019: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Palm Bay had 148,092 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 24% more than in April 2020, when it had 119,755. Its 86.7 sq mi of land work out to 1,709 people/sq mi; the state average is 437 people/sq mi.
It’s the 14th most populous of the 956 places the Census counts in Florida (cities, towns and CDPs), after Jacksonville (1,017,689), and holds 0.6% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Brevard County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 7.2 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Palm Bay sits at 18 ft (5 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Palm Bay is 844 ft below it.
The state capital, Tallahassee, is 278 mi away in a straight line and 186 ft higher than Palm Bay.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Port St. Lucie, 53 mi away in a straight line and 4 ft lower.
Of the 26 cities in Florida with a page, Palm Bay is the 8th highest: the highest is Tallahassee (204 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
The highest point in Florida is Britton Hill, at 345 ft according to the USGS: 327 ft above Palm Bay, 398 mi away in a straight line.
- 228 Palm Bay 18 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Palm Bay.
What is the elevation of Palm Bay?
Palm Bay is 18 feet (5 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Palm Bay?
Latitude 28.03446 and longitude -80.58867, in decimal degrees (28° 2′ 4″ N · 80° 35′ 19″ W). In UTM, zone 17: 540,431 E and 3,101,088 N, on NAD83.
How does Palm Bay rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 22nd lowest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Palm Bay in?
Brevard County, Florida.
Which is higher, Palm Bay or Tallahassee?
Tallahassee. Palm Bay sits at 18 ft and Tallahassee at 204 ft: a difference of 186 ft, 278 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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