Boca Raton vs Delray Beach

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

Boca Raton and Delray 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 66,940 in Delray Beach). Boca Raton has the higher median household income ($102,722 vs $79,393 in Delray Beach). Boca Raton has the higher median home value ($660,100 vs $386,700 in Delray Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Boca Raton	Delray Beach
Population	98,833	66,940
Median age	45.8 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$102,722	$79,393
Median home value	$660,100	$386,700
Median gross rent	$2,334	$1,914
Housing units	48,811	36,997
Homeownership rate	65.8%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boca Raton	Delray Beach
Population	97,468 → 98,833 (+1.4%)	68,217 → 66,940 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$83,114 → $102,722 (+23.6%)	$60,746 → $79,393 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$458,600 → $660,100 (+43.9%)	$280,200 → $386,700 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,760 → $2,334 (+32.6%)	$1,580 → $1,914 (+21.1%)

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

Delray Beach

Population

68,21766,940

Median household income

$60,746$79,393

Median home value

$280,200$386,700

Median gross rent

$1,580$1,914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boca Raton	Delray Beach
Under 5	4.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.0%	8.3%
18 to 24	12.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.4%
75 and over	13.2%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boca Raton	Delray Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	52.1%
Black or African American	5.4%	29.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boca Raton	Delray Beach
No high school diploma	4.2%	11.3%
High school graduate	12.5%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boca Raton	Delray Beach
Drove alone	67.5%	69.7%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.3%	2.8%
Walked	2.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.3%	17.2%
Other means	1.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boca Raton	Delray Beach
1-unit, detached	41.8%	33.3%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	13.4%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	16.7%
20 or more units	36.9%	22.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Boca Raton	Delray Beach
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1983	1983