Royal Palm Beach 55+

Royal Palm Beach 55+ Communities

There are six Royal Palm Beach 55+ Communities.  If you are considering retiring in Florida, Royal Palm Beach is worth looking into.  The active adult communities in the city offer a range of property types from contemporary single-family homes over 3,000 square feet to low maintenance 800 square foot condos.  Many Royal Palm Beach 55+ Communities boast first-class amenities for an active Florida lifestyle with expansive clubhouses, fitness centers with regularly scheduled exercise classes, game rooms, theaters, ballrooms, social clubs, tennis courts, and resort-style swimming pools.

To browse through Royal Palm Beach 55+ Communities, simply scroll down on this page to the Featured Neighborhoods section where you will find association rules & regulations including pet policies, monthly dues, neighborhood amenities, and current listings.  You can also explore restaurants, nightlife, things to do, hospitals, and transportation in the surrounding area to give you a better idea of the lifestyle each neighborhood affords.  Click here if you would just like to see a list of current listings in Royal Palm Beach 55+ Communities.  If you are also interested in all-age communities, click here.  This city is a good option if you are looking to retire in Florida without breaking the bank, Royal Palm Beach listings under $200k are readily available.

Royal Palm Beach Lifestyle

Royal Palm Beach is a village in Palm Beach County that comprises 11.2 square miles bordering West Palm Beach to the west and Wellington to the south.  Despite its name, this village is approx 11 miles from the beach.  So a dip in the warm crystal clear waters of the Atlantic Ocean would require a thirty to forty-five-minute drive, depending on traffic conditions.  Royal Palm Beach may be inland, but there are 29 miles of waterways in the village that offer stunning views from waterfront homes and ideal locations for fishing and kayaking.

With proximity to the Everglades, Royal Palm Beah offers a diverse array of ecosystems, many being wetlands that are teeming with wildlife. The Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area offers 772-acres with nature trails that take visitors deep into wet Flatwoods, hydric hammock, wet prairie, and depression marsh ecosystems.  This magnificent nature preserve is on The Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail, a network of the top 510 wildlife viewing sites across the state.  Situated along the Atlantic Flyway, the bird migration path from the Arctic to the Caribbean, Royal Palm Beach is a premier bird-watching location with bald eagle, red-shouldered hawk, and great blue heron sightings being commonplace.

With 325 acres of parks and green space, Royal Palm Beach is known as Tree City USA.  There are twenty parks in the village offering a wide range of recreational opportunities.  Commons Park provides the perfect venue for residents to come together for concerts, green markets, and festivals.  Even when there is not a major event planned, there is plenty to do in Commons Park with a driving range, kayak rentals, a boat launch, fishing docks, volleyball courts, a dog park, a gym, and more.  Royal Palm Beach is perfect for sports enthusiasts with fields for baseball, soccer, football, and cricket, as well as tennis courts and golf courses.

History

Present-day Royal Palm Beach was once a swampland that served as Seminole hunting grounds.  In the 1950s Samuel Nathan Friedland, a Russian immigrant that made a fortune as the founder of the Food Fair grocery chain, purchased over 50,000 acres in Palm Beach County for $19 per acre.   Friedland sold 4,200 acres to Arthur Desser, founder of Lefcourt Realty Group, to develop the Village of Royal Palm Beach.  Desser launched a massive drainage project to prepare the swampland for development and incorporated the village in 1959. Seminole Chief Billy Bowlegs attended the incorporation ceremony, publicly renouncing the Seminole's claim to the land.  However, Desser's vision for Royal Palm Beach was short-lived as he had to file for bankruptcy in 1961.  Friedland purchased his acreage back from the financially strapped Desser and carried the development through to completion.  By 1967 the village had paved roads, a lake, and a golf course. During the late 1960s and 70s, single-family homes began slowly popping up in the new village.

While Desser and Friedland laid the groundwork for the village, it did not truly come to fruition until a rapid population boom in the 1980s. Today Royal Palm Beach is a thriving community with a population that was just under 39,000 as of the 2020 Census.  The village offers an infrastructure for convenient living and an efficient government. According to the village website, "The Mission of the Village of Royal Palm Beach Mayor and Council is to represent the public interest, promote quick, courteous response to residents' problems, provide leadership and direction to the Village's future, and assure the present and future fiscal integrity of the municipal government. The Village of Royal Palm Beach strives to provide its citizens with a clean, safe, family-oriented community."