Elevation of Palm Coast
9ft
above sea level · 3 m
Palm Coast is a city in Florida with 109,886 people, the 27th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 10th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 29.58° N · 81.21° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 29° 35′ 6″ N · 81° 12′ 28″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 17R · 479,871 E · 3,272,817 N
- Zone 17 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 109,886 people
- 96.3 sq mi of land · 1,141 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from February 2017: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Palm Coast had 109,886 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 23% more than in April 2020, when it had 89,224. Its 96.3 sq mi of land work out to 1,141 people/sq mi; the state average is 437 people/sq mi.
It’s the 27th most populous of the 956 places the Census counts in Florida (cities, towns and CDPs), after Jacksonville (1,017,689), and holds 0.5% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Flagler County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 3.9 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Palm Coast sits at 9 ft (3 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 Coast is 853 ft below it.
The state capital, Tallahassee, is 193 mi away in a straight line and 195 ft higher than Palm Coast.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Jacksonville, 58 mi away in a straight line and 7 ft higher.
Of the 26 cities in Florida with a page, Palm Coast is the 9th lowest: 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: 336 ft above Palm Coast, 318 mi away in a straight line.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Palm Coast.
What is the elevation of Palm Coast?
Palm Coast is 9 feet (3 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 Coast?
Latitude 29.58497 and longitude -81.20784, in decimal degrees (29° 35′ 6″ N · 81° 12′ 28″ W). In UTM, zone 17: 479,871 E and 3,272,817 N, on NAD83.
How does Palm Coast rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 10th 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 Coast in?
Flagler County, Florida.
Which is higher, Palm Coast or Tallahassee?
Tallahassee. Palm Coast sits at 9 ft and Tallahassee at 204 ft: a difference of 195 ft, 193 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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