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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-BOCA-RATON-FL · Boca Raton, FL 98,833 pop · income 79th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Boca Raton
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Boca Raton on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Roanoke · lowest
52,671
Roanoke · lowest
52,671 median HH income
51.3% of the leader · rank #1
Lake Mathews · near
102,700
Lake Mathews · near
102,700 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #2
Burkittsville · near
102,708
Burkittsville · near
102,708 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Lake Tapawingo · near
102,708
Lake Tapawingo · near
102,708 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Boca Raton · this city
102,722
Boca Raton · this city
102,722 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Greens Landing · near
102,727
Greens Landing · near
102,727 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Bedford Hills · highest
102,750
Bedford Hills · highest
102,750 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Boca Raton on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 98,833.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Boca Raton - the verdict
Boca Raton ranks in the 79th percentile for household income and the 36th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
79th
percentile, household income
92nd
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
36th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Boca Raton, FL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 98,833 residents in Boca Raton, a small city within Florida. Boca Raton households earn a median of $102,722 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.0%. Boca Raton's housing stock carries a median value of $660,100, and the median resident age is 45.8 years. 60.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 54.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 75 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 37% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 1847.7 incidents per 100,000 residents, near the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,526 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for Boca Raton workers runs 17.2 minutes, with 67.5% driving alone and 20.3% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 out of 100 (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Boca Raton's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist to schools and households to work and mobility to reported crime to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Boca Raton, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Boca Raton?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Boca Raton?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Sunrise (96,633 residents, $72,107 income); Deltona (95,682 residents, $72,967 income); Palm Coast (94,362 residents, $71,840 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Longmont, CO (98,958 residents); New Braunfels, TX (98,700 residents); Roanoke, VA (98,677 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the education layer cover for Boca Raton?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 27 public schools within the city match. 60.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
What does the journey to work look like in Boca Raton?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 67.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 17.2 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Boca Raton?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1847.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 19% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
1847.7
Violent rate
171.0
Property rate
1676.7
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Is Boca Raton growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +3,342 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +3.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 75 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
98,240
2025 estimate
101,582
Period change
+3.4%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
C+
City profile score · Boca Raton, FL
62/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
60.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B+
$102,722
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B-
5.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime C-
171 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Boca Raton profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 92/100 (A+) · 60.4%
Household income: 78/100 (B+) · $102,722
Poverty rate: 65/100 (B-) · 5.0%
Violent crime: 53/100 (C-) · 171 /100k
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Where Boca Raton sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Boca Raton's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Boca Raton highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Boca Raton, FL (this city): home $660,100, crime 1,848/100k
Longmont, CO : home $541,400, crime 3,088/100k
New Braunfels, TX : home $315,100, crime 1,440/100k
Roanoke, VA : home $180,500, crime 4,676/100k
Vista, CA : home $674,400, crime 1,180/100k
Kenosha, WI : home $210,500, crime 1,152/100k
St. George, UT : home $456,900, crime 1,213/100k
Plantation, FL : home $447,700, crime 2,483/100k
How does Boca Raton compare to other US cities?
Here's how Boca Raton stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income79% higher than other cities
Home value92% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
Safety36% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Florida, Boca Raton ranks #63 of 120 Florida cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Boca Raton against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Boca Raton near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Boca Raton ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Boca Raton only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#140 of 903
84th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#64 of 894
93rd percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#621 of 930
32nd percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#51 of 930
94th percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
79th percentile nationally for median household income · 36th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Boca Raton's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Boca Raton's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Boca Raton's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$660,1008th percentilemore affordable than 8% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Boca Raton's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,399 of 15,516
More affordable than 7% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#615 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 6.4×, Boca Raton sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,399 of 15,516 and #615 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$102,722Boca Raton, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Boca Raton, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Boca Raton, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)60.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
98,833
Median Income
$102,722
Median Home Value
$660,100
Median Age
45.8
Poverty Rate
5.0%
Labor force participation
54.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
60.4%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1847.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
171.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1676.7
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
27
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Boca Raton's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
98,240 residents
2021
98,851 residents
2022
100,586 residents
2023
101,657 residents
2024
101,921 residents
2025
101,582 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
75
housing units authorized
Single-Family
75
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.8
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
120
113
7
$95.6M
2020
122
122
0
$84.3M
2021
179
147
32
$213.6M
2022
128
116
12
$179.0M
2023
59
59
0
$91.6M
2024
75
75
0
$131.7M
Permit volume decreased 37% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
17.2 minutes
Drive Alone
67.5%
Carpool
6.3%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
2.7%
Work from Home
20.3%
Other
2.9%
Based on 44,959 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for Boca Raton. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Boca Raton is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Boca Raton sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Boca Raton compares to similar-size Florida cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.