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 where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Royal Palm Beach is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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. A relatively large number of people in Royal Palm Beach telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.52% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. One downside of living in Royal Palm Beach, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.46 minutes every day commuting to work. The citizens of Royal Palm Beach are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 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. In addition, Royal Palm Beach has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (28.88%). The most common language spoken in Royal Palm Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
