Royal Palm Estates vs South Palm Beach

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

Royal Palm Estates and South 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 Estates has the higher population (1,722 vs 1,667 in South Palm Beach). South Palm Beach has the higher median household income ($79,583 vs $51,461 in Royal Palm Estates). South Palm Beach has the higher median home value ($374,200 vs $321,200 in Royal Palm Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Royal Palm Estates	South Palm Beach
Population	1,722	1,667
Median age	36.0 yrs	68.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,461	$79,583
Median home value	$321,200	$374,200
Median gross rent	$2,016	$1,750
Housing units	669	1,988
Homeownership rate	61.1%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.7%	44.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal Palm Estates	South Palm Beach
Population	3,663 → 1,722 (-53.0%)	1,296 → 1,667 (+28.6%)
Median household income	$39,444 → $51,461 (+30.5%)	$60,500 → $79,583 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$123,600 → $321,200 (+159.9%)	$262,300 → $374,200 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,244 → $2,016 (+62.1%)	$1,500 → $1,750 (+16.7%)

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

South Palm Beach

Population

1,2961,667

Median household income

$60,500$79,583

Median home value

$262,300$374,200

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royal Palm Estates	South Palm Beach
Under 5	1.1%	0.4%
5 to 17	24.4%	2.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	0.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	6.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	1.0%
45 to 54	16.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	22.0%
65 to 74	5.5%	30.3%
75 and over	6.2%	30.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal Palm Estates	South Palm Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	19.7%	85.3%
Black or African American	20.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	58.5%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal Palm Estates	South Palm Beach
No high school diploma	29.7%	0.3%
High school graduate	52.1%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal Palm Estates	South Palm Beach
Drove alone	65.4%	63.3%
Carpooled	27.7%	1.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	29.4%
Other means	2.3%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal Palm Estates	South Palm Beach
1-unit, detached	71.7%	0.6%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	88.2%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Royal Palm Estates	South Palm Beach
Poverty rate	26.5%	11.8%
Average household size	2.52	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1977	1975