Ocean Ridge vs Royal Palm Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Ocean Ridge and Royal Palm Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Royal Palm Estates has the higher population (1,722 vs 1,461 in Ocean Ridge). Ocean Ridge has the higher median household income ($111,023 vs $51,461 in Royal Palm Estates). Ocean Ridge has the higher median home value ($1,059,000 vs $321,200 in Royal Palm Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Ridge	Royal Palm Estates
Population	1,461	1,722
Median age	64.7 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,023	$51,461
Median home value	$1,059,000	$321,200
Median gross rent	$1,987	$2,016
Housing units	1,577	669
Homeownership rate	83.5%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.1%	0.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Ridge	Royal Palm Estates
Population	1,579 → 1,461 (-7.5%)	3,663 → 1,722 (-53.0%)
Median household income	$101,750 → $111,023 (+9.1%)	$39,444 → $51,461 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$993,200 → $1,059,000 (+6.6%)	$123,600 → $321,200 (+159.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,467 → $1,987 (+35.4%)	$1,244 → $2,016 (+62.1%)

Ocean Ridge

Population

1,5791,461

Median household income

$101,750$111,023

Median home value

$993,200$1,059,000

Median gross rent

$1,467$1,987

Royal Palm Estates

Population

3,6631,722

Median household income

$39,444$51,461

Median home value

$123,600$321,200

Median gross rent

$1,244$2,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean Ridge	Royal Palm Estates
Under 5	3.6%	1.1%
5 to 17	3.6%	24.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	3.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	3.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	6.2%	16.1%
55 to 64	24.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	24.9%	5.5%
75 and over	23.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Ridge	Royal Palm Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	19.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	58.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Ridge	Royal Palm Estates
No high school diploma	2.5%	29.7%
High school graduate	5.1%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	44.7%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	32.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Ridge	Royal Palm Estates
Drove alone	66.4%	65.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	27.7%
Public transit	3.9%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	4.5%
Other means	2.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Ridge	Royal Palm Estates
1-unit, detached	40.5%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	21.6%	1.6%
20 or more units	25.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Ridge	Royal Palm Estates
Poverty rate	7.0%	26.5%
Average household size	1.79	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1972	1977