Boca Raton vs Wellington

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

Boca Raton and Wellington 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 61,497 in Wellington). Wellington has the higher median household income ($110,294 vs $102,722 in Boca Raton). Boca Raton has the higher median home value ($660,100 vs $557,100 in Wellington).

Population, income & housing

	Boca Raton	Wellington
Population	98,833	61,497
Median age	45.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$102,722	$110,294
Median home value	$660,100	$557,100
Median gross rent	$2,334	$2,445
Housing units	48,811	24,285
Homeownership rate	65.8%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boca Raton	Wellington
Population	97,468 → 98,833 (+1.4%)	64,396 → 61,497 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$83,114 → $102,722 (+23.6%)	$92,586 → $110,294 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$458,600 → $660,100 (+43.9%)	$382,000 → $557,100 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,760 → $2,334 (+32.6%)	$1,867 → $2,445 (+31.0%)

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

Wellington

Population

64,39661,497

Median household income

$92,586$110,294

Median home value

$382,000$557,100

Median gross rent

$1,867$2,445

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boca Raton	Wellington
Under 5	4.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	12.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.6%
75 and over	13.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boca Raton	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	52.4%
Black or African American	5.4%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	26.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boca Raton	Wellington
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.3%
High school graduate	12.5%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boca Raton	Wellington
Drove alone	67.5%	71.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.3%	18.2%
Other means	1.6%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boca Raton	Wellington
1-unit, detached	41.8%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	36.9%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Boca Raton	Wellington
Poverty rate	9.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1983	1995