Greenacres vs Royal Palm Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Greenacres and Royal Palm Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenacres and Royal Palm Beach are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenacres has the higher population (43,871 vs 39,089 in Royal Palm Beach). Royal Palm Beach has the higher median household income ($92,382 vs $62,917 in Greenacres). Royal Palm Beach has the higher median home value ($389,300 vs $244,700 in Greenacres).

Population, income & housing

	Greenacres	Royal Palm Beach
Population	43,871	39,089
Median age	38.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$92,382
Median home value	$244,700	$389,300
Median gross rent	$1,709	$2,192
Housing units	17,605	14,493
Homeownership rate	65.8%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenacres	Royal Palm Beach
Population	40,529 → 43,871 (+8.2%)	38,962 → 39,089 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$49,884 → $62,917 (+26.1%)	$82,582 → $92,382 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $244,700 (+50.5%)	$273,900 → $389,300 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,709 (+27.7%)	$1,743 → $2,192 (+25.8%)

Greenacres

Population

40,52943,871

Median household income

$49,884$62,917

Median home value

$162,600$244,700

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,709

Royal Palm Beach

Population

38,96239,089

Median household income

$82,582$92,382

Median home value

$273,900$389,300

Median gross rent

$1,743$2,192

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenacres	Royal Palm Beach
Under 5	7.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.7%
75 and over	8.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenacres	Royal Palm Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	22.7%	38.6%
Black or African American	27.5%	24.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	27.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenacres	Royal Palm Beach
No high school diploma	16.4%	7.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenacres	Royal Palm Beach
Drove alone	80.3%	78.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.2%
Public transit	1.4%	2.4%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	9.5%
Other means	2.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenacres	Royal Palm Beach
1-unit, detached	32.2%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	20.8%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	26.3%	10.8%
20 or more units	4.9%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Greenacres	Royal Palm Beach
Poverty rate	16.1%	5.0%
Average household size	2.83	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1987	1990