Boynton Beach vs Wellington

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

Boynton Beach and Wellington 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 61,497 in Wellington). Wellington has the higher median household income ($110,294 vs $71,378 in Boynton Beach). Wellington has the higher median home value ($557,100 vs $312,700 in Boynton Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Boynton Beach	Wellington
Population	80,601	61,497
Median age	42.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,378	$110,294
Median home value	$312,700	$557,100
Median gross rent	$1,896	$2,445
Housing units	40,694	24,285
Homeownership rate	63.8%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boynton Beach	Wellington
Population	76,832 → 80,601 (+4.9%)	64,396 → 61,497 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$57,563 → $71,378 (+24.0%)	$92,586 → $110,294 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$207,500 → $312,700 (+50.7%)	$382,000 → $557,100 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,501 → $1,896 (+26.3%)	$1,867 → $2,445 (+31.0%)

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

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)

	Boynton Beach	Wellington
Under 5	4.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.6%
75 and over	11.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boynton Beach	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	52.4%
Black or African American	33.4%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	26.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boynton Beach	Wellington
No high school diploma	11.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	27.8%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boynton Beach	Wellington
Drove alone	76.0%	71.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.1%
Public transit	1.6%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.9%	18.2%
Other means	4.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boynton Beach	Wellington
1-unit, detached	40.8%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	8.2%
20 or more units	21.7%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Boynton Beach	Wellington
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1984	1995