Only one city, town or village in northern Palm Beach County is raising its property tax rate for the fiscal year that begins Thursday.
Jupiterchanged its town rate to pay for its new municipal fire department. That move, however, eliminated a tax that property owners had paid to the county. Some property owners may see lower overall tax bills as a result.
Many residents and businesses in the north county region can expect to see increases in their tax payments because property values have soared amid new development and growing populations.
The budgets adopted in the past month run through Sept. 30, 2027. By then, local officials will know whether voters statewide have approved Amendment 3, the November ballot question that would raise property
tax exemptions and cut bills, changing the way municipalities provide and pay for their services.
Here's a look at the tax rates and budgets for municipalities in northern Palm Beach County for the fiscal year from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 2027:
Jupiter
The Jupiter Town Council approved a property tax rate of $3.59 per $1,000 of assessed value, up from last year's rate of $2.39 per $1,000. The $1.20 increase includes a new assessment for Jupiter Fire Rescue, which will replace Palm Beach County Fire Rescue as the town's emergency service provider beginning on Oct. 1.
The Jupiter Fire Rescue fee replaces a separate fee for Palm Beach County Rescue that previously appeared on residents' tax bills. Town records show that the county charged Jupiter residents a tax rate of $1.73 of per $1,000 of value for Palm Beach County Rescue services.
Jupiter property owners will also pay a per-property fee that will be determined by the square footage of the property assessed, and will account for about 8% of the Jupiter Fire Rescue budget.
Jupiter's budget is $187 million for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, slightly down from last year's budget of $189 million. The budget includes $25.5 million for Jupiter Fire Rescue, about $10 million less than what Jupiter would have paid for Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, according to town records. It also includes a 5% increase in salaries for nonunion employees.
Palm Beach Gardens
Palm Beach Gardens' city council voted to maintain the city's property tax rate at $5.05 per $1,000 of assessed value, while raising the budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 to $313 million, about $13 million more than last year. Town officials cited new development, infrastructure growth, health care cost and public safety expansion as the biggest cost drivers.
During a final vote on the budget Sept. 24, council member Rachelle Litt noted that Palm Gardens is the county's second-fastest growing city.
"With that growth comes more residents, more residents to serve, greater demand for public safety, infrastructure, recreation and all of the other services that our community relies on," she said.
The budget adds 12 full-time positions, including four police and four firefighter jobs, city records show.
Tequesta
Tequesta's budget is $52 million for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, up $2 million from last year.
The village council approved a property tax rate of $6.46 per $1,000 of assessed value, which is unchanged from last year. Tequesta's general fund rose by 8.6 %, including salary and benefit increases for union and nonunion public safety employees, and vehicle replacement funds.
Juno Beach
Juno Beach' budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 will be $10.9 million, up slightly from last year's budget of $10.6 million.
Its property tax rate of $1.82 per $1,000 of assessed value remains unchanged for the fifth consecutive year. The tax is projected to generate $4.9 million in ad valorem revenue, according to town records.
North Palm Beach
North Palm Beach's budget for the 2027 fiscal year will be $52.3 million, up from $2.5 million the year before. The village council voted to keep the property tax rate at $7.40 per $1,000 of assessed value, which is unchanged from last year.
Projected revenues and expenditures for the village's general fund were each at $42.1 million, an increase of $2.2 million from last year. About 44 percent of the general fund — $18.4 million — will be used to support police and fire services.
Lake Park
Lake Park's budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 will be $42.7 million, up nearly $6 million from last year's budget. The town set its property tax rate at $5 per $1,000 of assessed value, a decrease from last year's rate of $5.10.
The taxable value for all properties in Lake Park rose to $1.8 billion, an increase of nearly $420 million compared to last year, town records show. Its growth has been largely driven by new construction, including the 24-story Nautilus 220 residential towers off U.S. 1 and north of Silver Beach Road that opened this year.
Julius Whigham II covers northern Palm Beach County and public safety for The Palm Beach Post. You can reach him at jwhigham@pbpost.com and follow him on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, at @JuliusWhigham. Help support our work: Subscribe today.
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