Royal Palm Beach is a medium-sized village located in the state of Florida. With a population of 21,564 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Royal Palm Beach is the 121st largest community in Florida.

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Royal Palm Beach is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Royal Palm Beach is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Royal Palm Beach who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.09%), sales jobs (10.46%), and management occupations (10.11%).

One downside of living in Royal Palm Beach, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.56 minutes every day commuting to work.

Royal Palm Beach is a very car-oriented village. This is because most people - 98% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Royal Palm Beach.

As is often the case in a small village, Royal Palm Beach doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Royal Palm Beach Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Royal Palm Beach is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 24.04% of adults 25 and older in the village have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Royal Palm Beach in 2000 was $21,875, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,500 for a family of four.

Royal Palm Beach is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Royal Palm Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Royal Palm Beach is White, followed by African-American. Royal Palm Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.97% of the village's residents. Important ancestries of people in Royal Palm Beach include Italian, German, Irish, English, Jamaican, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Royal Palm Beach is English. Some people also speak Spanish.