Household incomes in Royal Palm Beach are higher than in 74% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Royal Palm Beach is better than 81% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (A−). Poverty touches 5.9% of residents (Florida 12.6%). Only 6% work in Royal Palm Beach; the top destination outside it is West Palm Beach (14%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Royal Palm Beach at work: what stands out
Royal Palm Beach draws workers from far and wide
The 12,848 jobs in Royal Palm Beach are filled from a wide area. Royal Palm Beach’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 28%; the other 63% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Royal Palm Beach has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Royal Palm Beach went from 8,816 in 2014 to 12,848 in 2024, +46%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Royal Palm Beach
64% of Royal Palm Beach residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Royal Palm Beach pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Royal Palm Beach’s Jobs & income grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Royal Palm Beach’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Royal Palm Beach could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The places Royal Palm Beach commutes to
Where Royal Palm Beach clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The 12,848 jobs based in Royal Palm Beach
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Royal Palm Beach, 2014 → 2024: 8,816 → 12,848. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Royal Palm Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Royal Palm Beach for work, and who comes in
On a workday 18,122 residents head out to work, 1,102 work right here, and 11,746 people come in from elsewhere.
About 36,000 people are in Royal Palm Beach on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How long Royal Palm Beach spends getting to work: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Royal Palm Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18,671 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Royal Palm Beach
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Royal Palm Beach
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 20,608 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 34% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of Royal Palm Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Royal Palm Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Royal Palm Beach next to U.S. towns of 30,000 to 57,000: 323rd of 994 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 51 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
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| 107 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 5% | A |
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| 128 | Cooper City FL | 35,030 | $132K | 5.0% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
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| 321 | Paris Township OH | 32,021 | $92K | 6.6% | 2.9% | 17% | A− |
| 322 | Streamwood IL | 38,277 | $101K | 10.2% | 3.4% | 3% | A− |
| 323 | Royal Palm Beach FL | 42,477 | $96K | 5.9% | 3.5% | 6% | A− |
| 324 | Moorpark CA | 35,023 | $148K | 4.9% | 5.1% | 10% | A− |
| 325 | Nutley Township NJ | 30,744 | $120K | 6.8% | 5.8% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 994 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Royal Palm Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Royal Palm Beach
The biggest share goes to Wellington (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Royal Palm Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Palm Beach | – | A− | A− | 31 min | $96,027 |
| Loxahatchee Groves | under 3% | B | A− | 29 min | $111,699 |
| Wellington | 5% | B+ | B− | 32 min | $115,632 |
| The Acreage | under 3% | A− | C− | 38 min | $109,032 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Royal Palm Beach’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Royal Palm Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Royal Palm Beach?
$96,027 (±$4,284) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Royal Palm Beach?
5.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Royal Palm Beach?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Royal Palm Beach work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Palm Beach (14%, 7 mi), Palm Springs (6%, 9 mi), Wellington (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Royal Palm Beach walkable?
Royal Palm Beach is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Royal Palm Beach without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Royal Palm Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Royal Palm Beach
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.