Royal Palm Beach is a medium-sized village located in the state of Florida. With a population of 39,489 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Royal Palm Beach is the 89th largest community in Florida.Unlike some villages, Royal Palm Beach isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Royal Palm Beach are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Royal Palm Beach is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Royal Palm Beach who work in office and administrative support (12.70%), sales jobs (11.27%), and management occupations (10.10%). Also of interest is that Royal Palm Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.52% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Royal Palm Beach, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.46 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The population of Royal Palm Beach is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.77% of adults in Royal Palm Beach have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Royal Palm Beach in 2022 was $40,918, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $163,672 for a family of four. However, Royal Palm Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Royal Palm Beach is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Royal Palm Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Royal Palm Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or 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 27.93% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Royal Palm Beach include Italian, Irish, German, Haitian, and Jamaican. Foreign born people are also an important part of Royal Palm Beach's cultural character, accounting for 28.88% of the village’s population. The most common language spoken in Royal Palm Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
