Boynton Beach vs Palm Beach Gardens

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

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

Boynton Beach has the higher population (80,601 vs 59,751 in Palm Beach Gardens). Palm Beach Gardens has the higher median household income ($110,563 vs $71,378 in Boynton Beach). Palm Beach Gardens has the higher median home value ($554,300 vs $312,700 in Boynton Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Population	80,601	59,751
Median age	42.9 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,378	$110,563
Median home value	$312,700	$554,300
Median gross rent	$1,896	$2,269
Housing units	40,694	30,955
Homeownership rate	63.8%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Population	76,832 → 80,601 (+4.9%)	56,219 → 59,751 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$57,563 → $71,378 (+24.0%)	$87,969 → $110,563 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$207,500 → $312,700 (+50.7%)	$378,500 → $554,300 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,501 → $1,896 (+26.3%)	$1,706 → $2,269 (+33.0%)

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

Palm Beach Gardens

Population

56,21959,751

Median household income

$87,969$110,563

Median home value

$378,500$554,300

Median gross rent

$1,706$2,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Under 5	4.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	13.3%
75 and over	11.1%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	76.6%
Black or African American	33.4%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
No high school diploma	11.5%	3.1%
High school graduate	27.8%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Drove alone	76.0%	69.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.8%
Public transit	1.6%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.9%	18.9%
Other means	4.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
1-unit, detached	40.8%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	15.2%
20 or more units	21.7%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1984	1995