Lake Worth Beach vs Royal Palm Beach

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

Lake Worth Beach 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.

Lake Worth Beach has the higher population (42,650 vs 39,089 in Royal Palm Beach). Royal Palm Beach has the higher median household income ($92,382 vs $60,978 in Lake Worth Beach). Royal Palm Beach has the higher median home value ($389,300 vs $329,300 in Lake Worth Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Worth Beach	Royal Palm Beach
Population	42,650	39,089
Median age	37.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,978	$92,382
Median home value	$329,300	$389,300
Median gross rent	$1,439	$2,192
Housing units	17,742	14,493
Homeownership rate	45.6%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Worth Beach	Royal Palm Beach
Population	38,254 → 42,650 (+11.5%)	38,962 → 39,089 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$41,997 → $60,978 (+45.2%)	$82,582 → $92,382 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$223,300 → $329,300 (+47.5%)	$273,900 → $389,300 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,139 → $1,439 (+26.3%)	$1,743 → $2,192 (+25.8%)

Lake Worth Beach

Population

38,25442,650

Median household income

$41,997$60,978

Median home value

$223,300$329,300

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,439

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)

	Lake Worth Beach	Royal Palm Beach
Under 5	5.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.7%
75 and over	6.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	Royal Palm Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	38.6%
Black or African American	18.3%	24.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	48.0%	27.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Worth Beach	Royal Palm Beach
No high school diploma	26.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	23.0%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	Royal Palm Beach
Drove alone	61.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	19.2%	7.2%
Public transit	3.9%	2.4%
Walked	2.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	9.5%
Other means	5.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	Royal Palm Beach
1-unit, detached	46.8%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	10.8%
20 or more units	12.7%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake Worth Beach	Royal Palm Beach
Poverty rate	20.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1968	1990