Where Does Bettina Anderson Live in Florida? A Palm Beach Native's Story

Where does Bettina Anderson live? The model, philanthropist and Palm Beach native, now Bettina Anderson Trump, lives in Palm Beach County. She was born and raised there. Reports describe her as based in the Palm Beach area. In 2026 she and her husband bought a waterfront lot in West Palm Beach to build a home. Unlike most names in this series, she did not move to Florida. She never left. Here is what has been reported about her homes, her family's, and the one she is building.

Key takeaways

• Born in Palm Beach: Wikipedia lists her birth in Palm Beach in December 1986, and Business Insider calls her a third-generation resident.
• A famous childhood home: She grew up on an island estate once owned by Lilly Pulitzer; her mother sold it in 2016 for a reported $11.88 million.
• The next house is on the mainland: She and Donald Trump Jr. bought a Prospect Park waterfront lot in West Palm Beach in 2026 to build an eight-bedroom home.
• Her work stays local: Her family foundation funds Florida water and conservation projects, and she volunteers with the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County.

Where does Bettina Anderson live in Florida?

Her whole life has been in Palm Beach County. She was born in the Town of Palm Beach on December 9, 1986, one of six children and a twin. She went to Palm Beach Day School on the island and then Saint Andrew's School in Boca Raton. Then she left for Columbia University in New York, where she finished an art history degree in 2009.

Reporting on her engagement and wedding in 2025 and 2026 described her as a Palm Beach socialite. It also called her a well-known figure in the area's charity circuit. The Real Deal reported in June 2026 that she and her husband had bought a double lot in Prospect Park, in West Palm Beach. That was one month after their wedding. That will be the first home of her own that has been reported.

Pure Equity does not publish private addresses. This post names the town, the neighborhood and the historic estate that has already been widely covered, and nothing more specific.

The Palm Beach estate she grew up on

The Anderson children grew up on a Palm Beach estate that once belonged to the fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer Rousseau. Business Insider reported that her mother, Inger Anderson, sold the property in 2016 for $11.88 million. That sale is a useful marker for the island market. A historic estate with a famous prior owner traded for under $12 million a decade ago. Comparable properties list far higher today.

Her father, Harry Loy Anderson Jr., was a Palm Beach banker. In 1970, at 26, he became the youngest bank president in the country when he took over Worth Avenue National Bank. He died in 2013. Her mother, a Swedish model turned businesswoman, runs Palm Beach Groves, a citrus grove and gift shop. So the family's roots in the county run through both its banks and its farms.

That background matters for the "where" question. She is not a newcomer who chose Palm Beach for the weather or the taxes. Her family has owned property and run businesses here for three generations.

Her own career and the causes she works on

Her modeling career started early. Wikipedia records that P Model Management signed her in May 2005 for work in Milan. She has appeared on the covers of Quest and Society magazines and in Palm Beach Illustrated and Modern Luxury Palm Beach. Business Insider also reported campaign work for Hamilton Jewelers.

Off camera she has worked in business development for TherapeuticsMD, a pharmaceutical company, and as a consultant for the investment firm Merrick Ventures. She also keeps a large social media following built around skincare and style.

The philanthropy is the part most tied to Florida. With her brothers she co-founded The Paradise Fund, a disaster relief charity. She later led its Project Paradise film fund, which pays for documentaries about the state's natural resources. One of them, "The Water State," is about the fragility of Florida's freshwater springs. Wikipedia lists her as the fund's executive director by 2023. She is a young patron of The Everglades Foundation and volunteers with the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County.

Why Bettina Anderson stayed in Palm Beach County

She has not given interviews about real estate, so the reasons come from the record rather than from quotes. Her family is here. Her mother's business is here. The foundation's work is about Florida water, which is easier to do from the state than from New York. Her modeling and magazine work has been largely local too, with Palm Beach titles on her resume.

The wedding followed the same pattern. She and Donald Trump Jr. married in a legal ceremony in West Palm Beach on May 21, 2026. They then celebrated with about 50 guests on a private island in the Bahamas. The lot purchase came the following month. For a couple choosing between his Jupiter home, the island, and the mainland, the mainland lot facing her hometown was the compromise they picked.

Where does Bettina Anderson live when not in Palm Beach?

There is no reported second home. Her time away from Florida has been for school and work: four years at Columbia in Manhattan, and modeling stints in Milan and New York. Reports say the couple visits the Bahamas often, but no property there has been reported.

Until the West Palm Beach house is built, the reporting does not specify a current address for her. We would not print one if it did. The reasonable reading of the coverage is that she is based in the Palm Beach area, as she has been all her life.

What homes near Bettina Anderson cost

Her two reference points are the island she grew up on and the mainland waterfront she is moving to. Our MLS feed as of September 2026 shows about 270 active listings in Palm Beach. The median list price is near $2.5 million, and the average is about 190 days on market. Estates like the one her family sold in 2016 sit far above that median.

Across the water, West Palm Beach shows about 2,200 active listings and a median near $310,000. The citywide number is low because it includes condos and inland neighborhoods. The Intracoastal-facing blocks of Prospect Park and El Cid are a different market, where a vacant waterfront lot reportedly cost about $15 million in early 2026.

For owners, the takeaway is the spread between the two sides of the Intracoastal. A view of Palm Beach island from the mainland costs a fraction of the same view from the island. That is why buyers with island roots increasingly build in West Palm Beach. County-wide figures are on the Palm Beach County page, and buyers can browse luxury homes and waterfront homes across the region.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Bettina Anderson live now?

Reporting describes her as based in the Palm Beach area, her lifelong home. She and her husband bought a lot in West Palm Beach's Prospect Park in 2026 and plan to build there.

Where in Palm Beach does Bettina Anderson live?

She grew up on an island estate once owned by Lilly Pulitzer, which her family sold in 2016. Current reporting does not name a specific Palm Beach address for her, and we do not publish addresses in any case.

Where does Bettina Anderson live full time?

Florida. There is no reported home in another state or country. Her school and modeling years took her to New York and Milan, but those were temporary.

Is Bettina Anderson from Palm Beach?

Yes. She was born there in 1986, attended Palm Beach Day School, and comes from a family that has lived in the area for three generations.

What is the West Palm Beach home she is building?

Reports describe a waterfront lot in Prospect Park, bought in 2026 for about $15 million through a trust, with a second adjoining parcel. The plan is an eight-bedroom house. No completion date has been reported.

Can you buy a home in Prospect Park?

Yes. Prospect Park is not gated, and its homes list through the regular MLS. Interior lots with 1920s houses trade for far less than the waterfront lots, so the neighborhood has a wide price range.

Do you own a home in Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, or elsewhere in Palm Beach County? Request a free home valuation from Pure Equity to see what it would bring today. Buyers can browse Palm Beach listings or see luxury homes across South Florida. For her husband's side of the move, read where Donald Trump Jr. lives, and for more island residents see where James Patterson lives.

Sources

• Business Insider via Yahoo, Meet Bettina Trump, the Palm Beach socialite, model, and influencer married to Donald Trump Jr.
• Wikipedia, Bettina Anderson
• The Real Deal, Donald Trump Jr. and wife buy West Palm Beach home lot
• Yahoo Entertainment, Newlyweds Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson are building an eight-bedroom Florida home

Based on publicly reported information; details may change and are not independently verified by Pure Equity. We do not publish private addresses.