Boca Raton vs Boynton Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Boca Raton and Boynton Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Boca Raton and Boynton Beach are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boca Raton has the higher population (98,833 vs 80,601 in Boynton Beach). Boca Raton has the higher median household income ($102,722 vs $71,378 in Boynton Beach). Boca Raton has the higher median home value ($660,100 vs $312,700 in Boynton Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Boca Raton	Boynton Beach
Population	98,833	80,601
Median age	45.8 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$102,722	$71,378
Median home value	$660,100	$312,700
Median gross rent	$2,334	$1,896
Housing units	48,811	40,694
Homeownership rate	65.8%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boca Raton	Boynton Beach
Population	97,468 → 98,833 (+1.4%)	76,832 → 80,601 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$83,114 → $102,722 (+23.6%)	$57,563 → $71,378 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$458,600 → $660,100 (+43.9%)	$207,500 → $312,700 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,760 → $2,334 (+32.6%)	$1,501 → $1,896 (+26.3%)

Boca Raton

Population

97,46898,833

Median household income

$83,114$102,722

Median home value

$458,600$660,100

Median gross rent

$1,760$2,334

Boynton Beach

Population

76,83280,601

Median household income

$57,563$71,378

Median home value

$207,500$312,700

Median gross rent

$1,501$1,896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boca Raton	Boynton Beach
Under 5	4.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	12.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.6%
75 and over	13.2%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boca Raton	Boynton Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	44.2%
Black or African American	5.4%	33.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boca Raton	Boynton Beach
No high school diploma	4.2%	11.5%
High school graduate	12.5%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boca Raton	Boynton Beach
Drove alone	67.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.3%	1.6%
Walked	2.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.3%	8.9%
Other means	1.6%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boca Raton	Boynton Beach
1-unit, detached	41.8%	40.8%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	15.7%
20 or more units	36.9%	21.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Boca Raton	Boynton Beach
Poverty rate	9.4%	11.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1983	1984