City safety & data profile

Royal Palm BeachFL

Royal Palm Beach, FL is a 38K-resident city in Palm Beach County with a median household income of $96,027.

Palm Beach County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Royal Palm Beach, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Royal Palm Beach has a population larger than 71% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $437,700.

Data updated 2026-09-05

38K
Population (place)
Top 29%
By size
$96,027
Median income (place)
$437,700
Median home (place)
5.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Royal Palm Beach

Royal Palm Beach posts a median household income higher than 66% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 34%
by median income, US cities

Where Royal Palm Beach income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$96,027 Top 34% higher than 66% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Royal Palm Beach $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Royal Palm Beach, FL beyond the headline numbers

Royal Palm Beach sits inside Palm Beach County, Florida, at roughly 26.71°N, -80.23°W. Population 37,633, $96,027 median household income. Median home value $437,700, median rent $2,273. Poverty rate 5.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 5.9% of Royal Palm Beach, FL residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Royal Palm Beach runs about 4.6 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 9.4% of Royal Palm Beach workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 27.1% in Royal Palm Beach, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

2.7% of Royal Palm Beach workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 42.4 years, Royal Palm Beach's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Royal Palm Beach from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
37,633
Royal Palm Beach · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$96,027
+7% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$437,700
+6% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Palm Beach County): Royal Palm Beach's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.5M+15%
Median Income
$83,581+59%
Median Home Value
$447,300+124%
Poverty Rate
11.3%-22%
Unemployment
5.5%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Royal Palm Beach, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,273/mo
Poverty Rate
5.9% -52% vs avg
Unemployment 3.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 37.4%
Work From Home 9.4%
Public Transit 2.7%

Population

White 40.9%
African American 25.3%
Asian 5.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
37.2%
High Blood Pressure
31.7%
Obesity
27.1%
Physical Inactivity
23.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.4%
Binge Drinking
14.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.4%
Diabetes
12%
Current Smoking
11.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.4%
Annual Checkup 78.1%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.6%
Stroke
3.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Royal Palm Beach?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Royal Palm Beach right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-ROYAL-PALM-BEACH · Royal Palm Beach

Royal Palm Beach: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Royal Palm Beach; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Royal Palm Beach, FL?
Royal Palm Beach, FL has a population of 37,633 people, located in Palm Beach County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Royal Palm Beach?
The median household income in Royal Palm Beach, FL is $96,027 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5.9%.
What is the median home value in Royal Palm Beach?
The median home value in Royal Palm Beach, FL is $437,700. Median rent is $2,273/month.
What are the top health concerns in Royal Palm Beach?
The top health indicators in Royal Palm Beach include Short Sleep Duration (37.2%), High Blood Pressure (31.7%), Obesity (27.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Royal Palm Beach?
The median age in Royal Palm Beach, FL is 42.4 years. 37.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Royal Palm Beach, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (5.9% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($96,027 here).

Compare Royal Palm Beach with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Royal Palm Beach's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Royal Palm Beach area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Palm Beach County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.