Palm Springs vs Royal Palm Beach

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

Palm Springs 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.

Royal Palm Beach has the higher population (39,089 vs 26,871 in Palm Springs). Royal Palm Beach has the higher median household income ($92,382 vs $59,602 in Palm Springs). Royal Palm Beach has the higher median home value ($389,300 vs $234,500 in Palm Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Palm Springs	Royal Palm Beach
Population	26,871	39,089
Median age	37.8 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,602	$92,382
Median home value	$234,500	$389,300
Median gross rent	$1,597	$2,192
Housing units	9,822	14,493
Homeownership rate	47.4%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm Springs	Royal Palm Beach
Population	24,843 → 26,871 (+8.2%)	38,962 → 39,089 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$44,162 → $59,602 (+35.0%)	$82,582 → $92,382 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$148,800 → $234,500 (+57.6%)	$273,900 → $389,300 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,186 → $1,597 (+34.7%)	$1,743 → $2,192 (+25.8%)

Palm Springs

Population

24,84326,871

Median household income

$44,162$59,602

Median home value

$148,800$234,500

Median gross rent

$1,186$1,597

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)

	Palm Springs	Royal Palm Beach
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.7%
75 and over	5.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm Springs	Royal Palm Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	17.5%	38.6%
Black or African American	12.4%	24.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	64.1%	27.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm Springs	Royal Palm Beach
No high school diploma	25.9%	7.6%
High school graduate	36.0%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm Springs	Royal Palm Beach
Drove alone	74.3%	78.5%
Carpooled	15.3%	7.2%
Public transit	3.5%	2.4%
Walked	0.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	9.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm Springs	Royal Palm Beach
1-unit, detached	31.0%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	10.8%
20 or more units	24.9%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Palm Springs	Royal Palm Beach
Poverty rate	12.4%	5.0%
Average household size	3.06	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1978	1990