[4] Palm Springs is also located within the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida, which had a population of approximately 6,138,333 people as of 2020.

The village is also the home of the Fulton-Holland Educational Services Center, the headquarters of the School District of Palm Beach County.

[6] According to The Lake Worth Herald, the facility would be located west of the town at "Section 19, Township 44 South, Range 43 East",[7] an area that is now part of Palm Springs.

[12] In 1927, then-Lake Worth vice mayor William A. Boutwell, who moved to the area from Massachusetts earlier in the 1920s and owned a grocery store and masonry supply company in the city, began dairy farming on 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land in modern-day Palm Springs – in addition to the farmland he owned in Lake Worth.

[13] By 1957, Moore Associates Development Group of Miami created a plan to develop a new community west of Lake Worth on the land formerly used by the Boutwell dairy farm,[15] at a townsite consisting of about 700 acres (280 ha) of farmland and only one structure, a large dairy barn.

[20] To transform the pastures into land suitable for development, work crews shifted millions of tons of muck and sand to enhance both drainage and landscape appearances.

[21] In the first few years of its existence, the village government functioned in the remodeled dairy barn, located at 153 Henthorne Drive, briefly sharing the building with Christ Community Church.

[23]: 11–13  A 1962 profile in The Palm Beach Post reported that the village had 38 paved roads, while about 1,300 building permits had been approved over the past five years.

Also in the late 1990s, the village council began planning to renovate the original municipal complex after residents approved a bond referendum in 1999.

The 96-unit Lakewood apartment community was built of Lego-style blocks designed by RENCO USA and created from recycled glass and plastic, resins and limestone.

[1] The original village townsite includes a chain of artificial north-to-south oriented lakes linked to canals, engineered in 1957 as a mechanism to promote drainage.

[50] The town at the state level is part of the 87th district of the Florida House of Representatives, which covers a large portion of east-central Palm Beach County.

[52] The village is within the Florida Senate's 31st district, which includes much of east-central and southeast Palm Beach County and is currently represented by Lori Berman (D).

[53] Nearly of all of Palm Springs is within the 3rd district for the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners,[54] represented by Dave Kerner,[55] while the small section of the village along Congress Avenue to the north of Forest Hill Boulevard is part of the 2nd district,[56] represented by Gregg K.

[58]: 62  The largest industries in Palm Springs in terms of the number of employees were construction, health care and social assistance, and retail trade.

[58]: 29 In order to promote economic development, the Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) classified two commercial sections of the village for future capital projects.

One of those sections is the Congress Avenue Subdistrict, which comprises 291 acres (118 ha) and includes larger businesses such as the Defy trampoline park,[58]: 14 and 16  Fulton-Holland Educational Services Center, Off-Lease Only car dealership, Oxygen Development, and YMCA of the Palm Beaches.

[68] The library began in the 1960s as a collection of books acquired via donations and then cataloged and shelved in a room in the old village hall.

[25]: 317  In the early 1970s, Jeanette J. Guerty was elected to the village council and lobbied for the construction of a library building, using funds from a capital improvements bond issue approved in 1976.

[71] The Village Center Complex includes several outdoor recreational facilities for baseball, basketball, miniature golf, tennis, and volleyball, as well as a park and water splashpad.

Additionally, the Parks and Recreation Department hosts youth baseball, basketball, flag football, and soccer at the Village Center Complex.

[72] The only structure in the original townsite pre-dating the establishment of Palm Springs in 1957, a dairy barn on William A. Boutwell's farm, remains standing at 153 Henthorne Drive.

[74] Organized in 1894 and officially established in 1897, the LWPA is a historical society that has compiled biographies, stories, and photographs of people who settled in the Lake Worth Lagoon region during the 19th century.

The organization also hosts events for the descendants of these pioneers, including an annual picnic at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach.

[80] The market is served by stations affiliated with major American networks including WPTV-TV/5 (NBC), WPEC/12 (CBS), WPBF/25 (ABC), WFLX/29 (FOX), WTVX/34 (CW), WXEL-TV/42 (PBS), WTCN-CD/43 (MYTV),[81] WWHB-CD/48 (Azteca),[82] WHDT/59 (Court TV),[81] WFGC/61 (CTN),[82] WPXP-TV/67 (ION),[81] as well as local channel WBWP-LD/57 (Ind.).

[84] Two entrance and exit ramps for Interstate 95 are located along Forest Hill Boulevard and 10th Avenue North, just outside the village limits.

[89] Palm Springs operates a municipal police department, with the headquarters building located at the village complex.

The Palm Springs Police Department employs 59 full-time members, including 42 who are sworn officers and 15 others who serve as civilian employees.

[92] Two electrical providers serve Palm Springs, Florida Power & Light (FPL) and the city of Lake Worth Beach.

[93] The split in service between two providers stems from an agreement between the village and Lake Worth Beach back in August 1957.