Juno Beach is a 2.72-square-mile island town in northern Palm Beach County, incorporated in 1953, with a permanent population of 3,895. It sits between the Atlantic and the Intracoastal Waterway, roughly 14 miles north of West Palm Beach. Its town millage rate, 1.8195, is lower than that of every neighboring municipality.
That number is where most guides stop. The town’s rate is about a tenth of what a Juno Beach parcel actually carries once the county, school district, fire MSTU and special district levies are added on top of it.
Key Takeaways
- Juno Beach covers 2.72 square miles with a population of 3,895 and a median age of 70.6, against 45.4 countywide (Town of Juno Beach, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, fiscal year 2025).
- The town’s own millage is 1.8195, but the full stack of overlapping rates on a Juno Beach parcel totaled 18.1569 mills in fiscal 2025.
- Fire and emergency medical service comes from Palm Beach County, not the town, and is billed as a separate 3.4581-mill line.
- Building permit value hit $124,595,500 in fiscal 2025, up from $70,259,487 the year before. The town’s report attributes the activity to infill projects, including a 95-unit mixed-use development and a 40-townhouse project, alongside new single-family homes and renovation work.
- The Juno Beach Pier is under a phased refurbishment that began June 1, 2026 (Loggerhead Marinelife Center).
What kind of place is Juno Beach?
Juno Beach is a small barrier-island municipality that runs its own police department and contracts out most of the rest. The town’s fiscal 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report describes it as an island bounded by the Intracoastal Waterway to the west, the Atlantic to the east, the Jupiter Inlet to the north and the Palm Beach Inlet to the south. It has operated under a council-manager form of government since 1985.
Five council members serve three-year staggered terms and are elected at large on a non-partisan basis. Starting with the 2024 election, voters elect the mayor directly to a two-year term. In a town this small, land-use decisions get made by five people you can reach.
Buyers rarely check how the services are split. Per that same report, the town provides police, planning and zoning, building, code enforcement, parks, public works, stormwater and cultural events. Palm Beach County provides fire protection and emergency medical service. Water and wastewater come from neighboring jurisdictions, including the Town of Jupiter, the Loxahatchee River District and Seacoast Utility Authority. Sanitation is contracted to Waste Management through September 2027.
So at a Juno Beach address, your water bill, your fire coverage and your trash pickup each trace back to a different authority.
On demographics, the town reported a permanent population of 3,895 for fiscal 2025 and a median age of 70.6, compared with 45.4 for Palm Beach County as a whole. Those are published figures from the town’s audited report, drawn from University of Florida and state economic research data. The same report describes Juno Beach as a seasonal community whose population nearly triples between November and April, so the permanent count understates how many people are actually here in season. A median age describes who lives in a town today. It says nothing about who can buy there.
What do property taxes actually cost in Juno Beach?
In fiscal 2025, the combined overlapping millage on a Juno Beach parcel was 18.1569 mills, according to the town’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The town’s own general fund rate accounted for only 1.8195 of that. The rest came from the school district (6.3140), Palm Beach County (4.5396), the county Fire/Rescue MSTU #2 (3.4581) and special taxing districts (2.0257).
One mill equals $1 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. At 18.1569 mills, a parcel with $1,000,000 in taxable value would carry roughly $18,157 in ad valorem tax before exemptions. Taxable value is not the same as what you pay for the house. Homestead exemptions and Save Our Homes assessment caps can put a long-held property and a fresh purchase on the same street at very different bills.
The town rate leaves out fire and EMS entirely. The county’s Fire/Rescue MSTU #2 has sat at 3.4581 mills for at least a decade of reported years, and the town’s report notes that for purposes of Florida’s ten-mill municipal cap, that MSTU rate is counted with the town’s direct rate. Compare town millage across municipalities and you are comparing different bundles of service.
The direction of travel has been down. The total of all overlapping rates was 22.1633 mills in fiscal 2013 and 18.1569 in fiscal 2025, a decline of about 18%. The town’s own rate has held flat at 1.8195 across fiscal 2023, 2024 and 2025.
For what closing costs on top of the tax picture, see our breakdown of closing costs for Florida buyers.
How does Juno Beach compare with neighboring towns?
For the 2026 tax year, the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Truth in Millage listing shows Juno Beach proposing 1.8195 mills, against 3.5886 for Jupiter, 5.0537 for Palm Beach Gardens, 5.5600 for Jupiter Inlet Colony and 7.4000 for North Palm Beach.
A municipal rate pays for what that municipality does, so the gap is smaller than it looks. Juno Beach’s number is low partly because fire and EMS sit outside it, and partly because a concentrated commercial tax base carries some of the load. In fiscal 2025, Florida Power & Light Co. alone represented $309,762,643 in taxable assessed value, 8.41% of the town’s total, and the ten largest taxpayers together accounted for 17.10%.
The county and school district portions are identical wherever you buy in Palm Beach County, so they are not a reason to choose one town over another. The Property Appraiser listed the county rate at 4.5000 and the two school board lines at 3.0390 and 3.2480 for 2026. Those numbers were proposed rates heading into September hearings, so confirm the adopted figures with the Property Appraiser before you budget from them.
Anyone weighing this stretch of coast should also look at the neighbors directly: Jupiter, Palm Beach Gardens and North Palm Beach each has a different mix of housing stock, HOA structure and tax profile.
What is being built in Juno Beach?
Building permit activity in Juno Beach reached $124,595,500 in value across 1,629 permits in fiscal 2025, up from $70,259,487 across 1,101 permits in fiscal 2024, according to the town’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. That is a 77% jump in permitted construction value in one year, inside 2.72 square miles.
That activity is infill rather than greenfield. The town is an island of 2.72 square miles, and the same report notes that roughly 594 acres, about 43% of the town’s total land area, has been purchased by Palm Beach County for preservation as the Juno Dunes Natural Area. What is left gets rebuilt rather than extended.
The report lists the major projects underway in fiscal 2025: Caretta, an infill mixed-use project of 95 multi-family units with 13,978 square feet of retail, 2,000 square feet of office and 7,112 square feet of restaurant space; The Dunes at Juno Beach, a 40-townhouse project; the first two phases of the Waterford Campus remodel; and several new single-family homes around town. So new construction does exist here, but it arrives as individual projects on specific parcels rather than as subdivisions, and the supply is finite. The remainder of the permit volume is renovation, teardown and rebuild on lots that already exist. Buy an older house here and you are buying onto a street where the neighbors are actively spending, and where your renovation will be competing for the same contractors.
The town’s capital asset schedule gives a sense of scale: two parks, one playground, one basketball court, eight dune walkovers and eight lane miles of road. With eight lane miles, nothing inside the town limits is far from anything else.
On a 1970s or 1980s coastal house, that makes the renovation budget the real negotiation rather than the list price. Our guide to luxury renovation due diligence covers how to scope that before you go under contract, and the home inspection guide for Palm Beach County buyers covers what to order beyond a general inspection.
What is the beach, the pier and the turtle situation?
The Juno Beach Pier is 990 feet long and has been managed by Loggerhead Marinelife Center since 2014. A refurbishment began on site June 1, 2026, running roughly six months and phased specifically to avoid a full closure where possible. Current fees are $2.00 to walk on as a spectator and $5.00 to fish, with reduced rates for youth 12 and under and for veterans.
If you are buying in 2026 with the pier in mind, check its status before you count on it. Phased construction means access can change week to week.
Loggerhead Marinelife Center itself is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with free admission, at 14200 U.S. Highway 1. It closes on Thanksgiving and Christmas. The center’s research team monitors 8.5 miles of beach from March through October.
In 2025, the center recorded 20,871 sea turtle nests across leatherbacks, loggerheads and green turtles. On February 11, 2026, it documented the earliest nest in the history of its monitoring effort, which its vice president of research attributed to rising ocean temperatures. Nesting season officially runs March 1 through October 31.
Nesting protection drives lighting ordinances, landscaping rules and construction timing on the beach side, which matters to anyone buying there. Ask specifically about exterior lighting compliance on any oceanfront or ocean-adjacent property.
For beach access, the town’s own site lists two parks along U.S. Highway One. Loggerhead Park at 14200 U.S. Highway One, which Palm Beach County manages, is open sunrise to sunset with a pavilion, play area, nature trail and reserved picnic shelter, with lifeguards on the beach. Juno Beach Park at 14775 U.S. Highway One is open 8 a.m. to sundown with picnic shelters, a play area and lifeguards, and is where the county pedestrian pier opened in 1999.
More on the wider coastline in our roundup of outdoor and beach spots around Jupiter, and on dining just north of town in our Jupiter restaurant guide.
What should buyers verify before making an offer?
Start with insurance. Citizens Property Insurance announced on March 4, 2026 that its 2026 homeowners multiperil rates would fall by an average of 8.8% statewide, with wind-only policies down an average of 5.5%, effective July 1, 2026 for new policies and on renewal for existing ones. Citizens reported 336,000 policies in force, down from a peak of 1.41 million in October 2023.
A statewide average is not your quote. On a barrier island, wind exposure, roof age, opening protection and elevation drive the number far more than any statewide trend does. Get a real quote on the specific address while your inspection period is still open. Our guides to hurricane-resilient home buying and coastal home maintenance go deeper on what actually moves a premium.
On schools, the School District of Palm Beach County announced on July 1, 2026 that it maintained an “A” rating for 2025-2026, with 143 of its schools, or 84%, rated A or B, up from 120 the prior year. School attendance zones do not follow town lines, and boundaries change. Confirm the zone for a specific address directly with the district’s attendance boundary maps rather than relying on any listing or guide, including this one. Our overview of schools in the Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter area has more context.
Town-level pricing data is the weakest number in this guide. Juno Beach closes a small number of sales in any given month, and a handful of oceanfront transactions can swing a median by hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is why town-level medians from different sources often disagree with each other. County-level data is more stable: for June 2026, MIAMI REALTORS® and BeachesMLS reported a Palm Beach County single-family median of $700,000, up 11.82% year over year, with 3.9 months of supply and a median 42 days to contract, alongside a condo median of $325,000 and 7.2 months of supply.
Price a Juno Beach property off what actually closed in the specific building or on the specific block, comparable by comparable. See our Palm Beach County market update for Q3 2026 for the county picture, and the waterfront buyer’s guide for how oceanfront and Intracoastal pricing differ.
If you are considering an oceanfront purchase specifically, our breakdown of the true cost of owning a beachfront home covers the carrying costs that do not appear on a listing sheet.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Juno Beach and how many people live there?
Juno Beach covers 2.72 square miles and reported a permanent population of 3,895 for fiscal 2025, per the town’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, with the town noting that the seasonal population nearly triples from November through April. The town was incorporated in 1953 and sits about 14 miles north of West Palm Beach, bounded by the Atlantic to the east and the Intracoastal Waterway to the west.
What is the property tax rate in Juno Beach, FL?
The town’s own millage was 1.8195 in fiscal 2025, but the total of all overlapping rates on a Juno Beach parcel was 18.1569 mills, including school district, county, Fire/Rescue MSTU and special district levies. Confirm current adopted rates with the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser before budgeting.
Is the Juno Beach Pier open in 2026?
The pier is operating under a phased refurbishment that began June 1, 2026 and was scheduled to run about six months, structured to avoid a full closure where possible, per Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Fees are $2.00 for spectators and $5.00 for fishing, with reduced rates for youth and veterans.
Does Juno Beach have its own fire department?
No. Palm Beach County provides fire protection and emergency medical services to Juno Beach, per the town’s fiscal 2025 financial report. The county Fire/Rescue MSTU #2 was levied at 3.4581 mills, billed separately from the town’s 1.8195-mill municipal rate.
Is there new construction available in Juno Beach?
Yes, though as infill rather than subdivisions. The town’s fiscal 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report lists Caretta, a 95-unit mixed-use project, and The Dunes at Juno Beach, a 40-townhouse project, among the major developments underway, alongside several new single-family homes. Permitted construction value reached $124,595,500 across 1,629 permits in fiscal 2025, up from $70,259,487 the prior year. Availability and pricing on any specific project change quickly, so confirm current status before you plan around one.
Working with a local agent
The Cahur Group is a Keller Williams Jupiter team of eight agents based in Jupiter at 4455 Military Trail, Suite 100, serving Palm Beach County and Martin County. The team works in English, Spanish and French, and Cibie Cahur has been recognized in Keller Williams’ Top 1% from 2017 through 2024.
If you want current listings and closed comparables for a specific Juno Beach building or block, start with our Juno Beach community page, then call 561-401-5758 or get in touch and we will pull the actual sales rather than a town-wide average.
Sources
- Town of Juno Beach, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 (population, land area, incorporation, form of government, service providers, millage tables, principal taxpayers, permit activity, capital assets). Retrieved 2026-09-10. https://flauditor.gov/pages/mun_efile%20rpts/2025%20juno%20beach.pdf
- Palm Beach County Property Appraiser, Tax Rates and Contact Info: 2026 proposed millage rates and public hearings. Retrieved 2026-09-10. https://pbcpao.gov/trim/hearings.htm
- Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach Pier (length, management, refurbishment timeline, hours, fees). Retrieved 2026-09-10. https://marinelife.org/juno-beach-pier/
- Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Loggerhead Marinelife Center Marks Earliest Start to 2026 Sea Turtle Nesting Season, February 11, 2026 (2025 nest total, monitored beach length, nesting season dates). Retrieved 2026-09-10. https://marinelife.org/loggerhead-marinelife-center-marks-earliest-start-to-2026-sea-turtle-nesting-season/
- Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Visit (hours, admission, address). Retrieved 2026-09-10. https://marinelife.org/visit/
- Town of Juno Beach, Loggerhead Park. Retrieved 2026-09-10. https://www.juno-beach.fl.us/1323/Loggerhead-Park
- Town of Juno Beach, Juno Beach Park. Retrieved 2026-09-10. https://www.juno-beach.fl.us/1328/Juno-Beach-Park
- Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Citizens’ 2026 Multiperil Rates to Drop Statewide, March 4, 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-10. https://www.citizensfla.com/-/20260304-citizens-2026-multiperil-rates-to-drop-statewide
- School District of Palm Beach County, School District of Palm Beach County Maintains “A” Rating, July 1, 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-10. https://www.palmbeachschools.org/about-us/news-stories/news-details/~board/palm-beach-county-school-district-news/post/school-district-of-palm-beach-county-maintains-a-rating
- MIAMI REALTORS® + RWorld / BeachesMLS, Palm Beach County Total Home Sales Jump for 10th Consecutive Month, July 17, 2026 (June 2026 county data). Retrieved 2026-09-10. https://www.miamirealtors.com/2026/07/17/palm-beach-county-total-home-sales-jump-for-10th-consecutive-month/
