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Melbourne, FL vs Royal Palm Beach, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Royal Palm Beach has been positive.
- Royal Palm Beach has 0.8% more unemployment than Melbourne.
- Royal Palm Beach job growth has increased by 21.0% in the past 10 years.
 Melbourne, FLRoyal Palm Beach, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth40.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.4%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth10.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Melbourne    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Moved here from Ohio 3 months ago, trying not to be disappointed, there isn't much to do, its really small and shopping is bad. I wanted out of Cleveland but didn't  More

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I have lived in many areas of this town. It is growing and has a nice selection of older and very new areas. The access to beaches and parks is quick and well kept.   More

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The rating on here is accurate. Crime is rather high. There's shootings and killings constantly. If you're coming from another state, just check floridatoday.com at  More

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Reviews for Royal Palm Beach    8 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

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Over 17 years ago

Royal Palm does have many nice areas to live. However the neighboring cities of West Palm and Lake Worth certainly push alot of crime to the area. The public school  More

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Over 17 years ago

Royal palm Beach is a quiet family town with excelent weather 7 months of the year. Some excitment in the spring-hurricaine  More

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