Riviera Beach vs Royal Palm Beach

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

Riviera 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.

Royal Palm Beach has the higher population (39,089 vs 38,032 in Riviera Beach). Royal Palm Beach has the higher median household income ($92,382 vs $62,152 in Riviera Beach). Royal Palm Beach has the higher median home value ($389,300 vs $311,900 in Riviera Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Riviera Beach	Royal Palm Beach
Population	38,032	39,089
Median age	38.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,152	$92,382
Median home value	$311,900	$389,300
Median gross rent	$1,489	$2,192
Housing units	17,620	14,493
Homeownership rate	58.0%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riviera Beach	Royal Palm Beach
Population	34,702 → 38,032 (+9.6%)	38,962 → 39,089 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$47,193 → $62,152 (+31.7%)	$82,582 → $92,382 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$189,500 → $311,900 (+64.6%)	$273,900 → $389,300 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,177 → $1,489 (+26.5%)	$1,743 → $2,192 (+25.8%)

Riviera Beach

Population

34,70238,032

Median household income

$47,193$62,152

Median home value

$189,500$311,900

Median gross rent

$1,177$1,489

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)

	Riviera Beach	Royal Palm Beach
Under 5	6.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.7%
75 and over	9.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riviera Beach	Royal Palm Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	20.0%	38.6%
Black or African American	63.4%	24.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	27.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riviera Beach	Royal Palm Beach
No high school diploma	12.7%	7.6%
High school graduate	33.2%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riviera Beach	Royal Palm Beach
Drove alone	72.7%	78.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.2%
Public transit	2.7%	2.4%
Walked	2.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	9.5%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riviera Beach	Royal Palm Beach
1-unit, detached	41.2%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	10.8%
20 or more units	21.9%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Riviera Beach	Royal Palm Beach
Poverty rate	17.2%	5.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1980	1990