Royal Palm Beach vs The Acreage

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

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

The Acreage has the higher population (40,188 vs 39,089 in Royal Palm Beach). The Acreage has the higher median household income ($105,405 vs $92,382 in Royal Palm Beach). The Acreage has the higher median home value ($464,400 vs $389,300 in Royal Palm Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Royal Palm Beach	The Acreage
Population	39,089	40,188
Median age	41.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$92,382	$105,405
Median home value	$389,300	$464,400
Median gross rent	$2,192	$1,774
Housing units	14,493	13,337
Homeownership rate	80.1%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal Palm Beach	The Acreage
Population	38,962 → 39,089 (+0.3%)	40,177 → 40,188 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$82,582 → $92,382 (+11.9%)	$90,034 → $105,405 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$273,900 → $389,300 (+42.1%)	$315,600 → $464,400 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,743 → $2,192 (+25.8%)	$1,912 → $1,774 (-7.2%)

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

The Acreage

Population

40,17740,188

Median household income

$90,034$105,405

Median home value

$315,600$464,400

Median gross rent

$1,912$1,774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royal Palm Beach	The Acreage
Under 5	5.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	17.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.1%
75 and over	7.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal Palm Beach	The Acreage
White (non-Hispanic)	38.6%	60.2%
Black or African American	24.3%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	27.9%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal Palm Beach	The Acreage
No high school diploma	7.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	22.4%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal Palm Beach	The Acreage
Drove alone	78.5%	78.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.0%
Public transit	2.4%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	12.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal Palm Beach	The Acreage
1-unit, detached	63.6%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.2%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Royal Palm Beach	The Acreage
Poverty rate	5.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.83	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	30	38
Median year structure built	1990	1996