Best PlacesRoyal Palm Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Royal Palm Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Royal Palm Beach ranks 1,040th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Royal Palm Beach
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
The best areas in Royal Palm Beach
The parts of Royal Palm Beach, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Saratoga at Royal Palm
Estates of Royal Palm Beach
Anthony Groves & Black Diamond
Counterpoint Estates & Breakers West
Crestwood
La Mancha
Village Walk
Scores across Royal Palm Beach run from about the 12th to the 89th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Royal Palm Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Royal Palm Beach ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 92% of cities
- QuietBetter than 78% of cities
Where Royal Palm Beach ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of cities
- Short commute30.8 minutes each way, better than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Royal Palm Beach
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Royal Palm Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,998, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Royal Palm Beach's effective rate of 0.80%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Royal Palm Beach
Royal Palm Beach's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Royal Palm Beach.
Who works in Royal Palm Beach, and how
Work in Royal Palm Beach centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Royal Palm Beach
Royal Palm Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of cities and more parkland per resident than 95% of cities. The coast is about 17 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Royal Palm Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Royal Palm Beach, month by month
Royal Palm Beach sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 78, with lows near 57. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78° | 67° | 57° |
| April | 85° | 76° | 68° |
| July | 92° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 87° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Royal Palm Beach
Palm Beach International sits about 8 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.3 million passengers in 2025, with 67 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Royal Palm Beach
Schools across Royal Palm Beach average a B, better than 65% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Western Academy Charter SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Everglades ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- H. L. Johnson Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wellington Landings MiddleA+ · 69% proficient
- Western Pines Community MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Emerald Cove Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Wellington High SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Palm Beach Central High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Seminole Ridge Community High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Royal Palm Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Royal Palm Beach measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Royal Palm Beach against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Royal Palm Beach suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Royal Palm Beach
Is Royal Palm Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Royal Palm Beach ranks 1,040th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and clean air, and lowest on disaster risk and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Royal Palm Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $462,244. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $107,998 median income, cost of living beats 61% of cities.
Is Royal Palm Beach safe?
Yes, Royal Palm Beach is safer than 56% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $192 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Royal Palm Beach?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 78 with lows near 57. That works out to about 89 pleasant days a year, more than 53% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Royal Palm Beach?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Saratoga at Royal Palm, Estates of Royal Palm Beach, and Anthony Groves & Black Diamond. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Royal Palm Beach with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Royal Palm Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Royal Palm Beach represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Royal Palm Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Royal Palm Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Royal Palm Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Royal Palm Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Royal Palm Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Royal Palm Beach detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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