What is the median rent in Royal Palm Estates, FL?

Name: Median rent in Royal Palm Estates, FL, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Royal Palm Estates, FL is $1,736 (±$570) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 169 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Royal Palm Estates, the median gross rent went from $1,244 in 2015–2019 to $1,736 in 2020–2024 (+39.5%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,736 (±$570)
Rented homes: 169 (±94)
$2,000 or more: 33.8%
Since 2015–2019: +39.5%

How much rent costs in Royal Palm Estates

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Royal Palm Estates	Palm Beach County	Florida	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±26.2 points)	2.7%	3.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±26.2 points)	6.6%	10.7%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	35.5% (±36.9 points)	17.5%	26.0%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	30.8% (±29.9 points)	27.9%	28.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	8.9% (±15.8 points)	21.9%	17.4%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	24.9% (±28.2 points)	11.0%	7.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±26.2 points)	12.4%	6.3%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 35.5% of renting households.

33.8% of rented homes in Royal Palm Estates cost $2,000 or more a month.

Royal Palm Estates against Palm Beach County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Royal Palm Estates	Palm Beach County	Florida	United States
Median gross rent	$1,736 (±$570)	$1,916 (±$19)	$1,669 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	169 (±94)	173,832 (±3,026)	2,716,443 (±16,958)	42,849,984

In Royal Palm Estates, median gross rent is not measurably different from Palm Beach County ($1,916).

It is not measurably different from Florida ($1,669).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Palm Beach County, Royal Palm Estates ranks 31 of 51 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 303 of 793.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Royal Palm Estates has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$1,244 (±$121)	$1,736 (±$570)	+39.5%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	65.7% (±12.3 points)	29.9% (±14.8 points)	−35.8 percentage points	Measurable decrease
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±7.0 points)	0.0% (±26.2 points)	0.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Royal Palm Estates

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Royal Palm Estates
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Royal Palm Estates	—	$1,736 (±$570)	—
Lake Belvedere Estates	0.6 mi	$2,105 (±$445)	Not measurably different
Haverhill	0.9 mi	$1,734 (±$409)	Not measurably different
Plantation Mobile Home Park	1.4 mi	$1,413 (±$206)	Not measurably different
Pine Air	2.2 mi	$1,569 (±$200)	Not measurably different
Westgate	2.4 mi	$1,421 (±$102)	Not measurably different
Glen Ridge	3.5 mi	$2,188 (±$883)	Not measurably different
Greenacres	3.8 mi	$1,756 (±$68)	Not measurably different
Cloud Lake	3.8 mi	$1,591 (±$344)	Not measurably different

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Palm Beach County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
25	Seminole Manor	$1,799 (±$374)
26	Atlantis	$1,784 (±$338)
27	West Palm Beach	$1,772 (±$44)
28	Lantana	$1,758 (±$209)
29	Greenacres	$1,756 (±$68)
30	Gulf Stream	$1,750 (±$407)
31	Royal Palm Estates	$1,736 (±$570)
32	Haverhill	$1,734 (±$409)
33	Mangonia Park	$1,723 (±$62)
34	The Acreage	$1,710 (±$1,649)
35	Riviera Beach	$1,702 (±$106)
36	Kenwood Estates	$1,693 (±$343)
37	Palm Springs	$1,669 (±$60)

Showing 13 of 51 places in Palm Beach County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Royal Palm Estates is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Royal Palm Estates

What is the average rent in Royal Palm Estates, FL?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Royal Palm Estates is $1,736 (±$570) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Royal Palm Estates?

In Royal Palm Estates, the median gross rent went from $1,244 in 2015–2019 to $1,736 in 2020–2024 (+39.5%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Royal Palm Estates cost more than $2,000 a month?

33.8% of rented homes in Royal Palm Estates have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Royal Palm Estates higher than in Palm Beach County?

In Royal Palm Estates, median gross rent is not measurably different from Palm Beach County ($1,916).

It is not measurably different from Florida ($1,669).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Royal Palm Estates CDP, Florida (place:62118, in state:12).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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