Best PlacesBoynton Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boynton Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Boynton Beach ranks 334th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 7 minutes away. Its strengths are state infrastructure and low taxes. The cost shows up in summer heat, disaster risk, and empty homes.
The best neighborhoods in Boynton Beach
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
The best areas in Boynton Beach
The parts of Boynton Beach, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Indian Spring, Canyon Isles & Valencia Isles
More adults hold degrees, more residents vote, and local pay stretches further.
Platina Country Club Trail & Bent Tree
Incomes run higher and prices have run up less.
Princeton Place at Gables
Fewer households have young kids and heat risk is higher.
Hunters Run & Golfview Harbour
Health care is easier to reach, though more homes sit empty.
Coastal Bay Colony, Happy Lane Boynton & Hampshire Gardens
Biking is better, though it is noisier.
Meadows, Renaissance Commons & Boynton Lakes Plaza
Transit reaches more jobs.
Central Park, Boynton Town & Annoreno Estates
Streets are more walkable.
Lakes of Tara, Leisureville & Quail Ridge
Homes cost less, though schools score lower.
Rolling Green Ridge, Boynton Ridge & Quantum Park at Boynton Beach
Crime runs higher and health outcomes score lower.
Boynton Beach shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 3% of the country and others in the top 9%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Boynton Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Boynton Beach ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. State infrastructure, low taxes, and health care access carry most of that.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: summer heat, disaster risk, and empty homes all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Boynton Beach ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 72% of cities
Where Boynton Beach ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 5% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Boynton Beach
A household needs to earn about $110,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boynton Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,014, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Boynton Beach's effective rate of 0.85%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Boynton Beach
Boynton Beach runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Boynton Beach.
Who works in Boynton Beach, and how
Work in Boynton Beach centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Boynton Beach
Boynton Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of cities and more parkland per resident than 80% of cities. The coast is about 7 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Boynton Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Boynton Beach, month by month
Boynton Beach sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 76, with lows near 62. The comfortable stretch runs December through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76° | 70° | 62° |
| April | 84° | 78° | 71° |
| July | 92° | 86° | 79° |
| October | 86° | 81° | 76° |
Flying in and out of Boynton Beach
Palm Beach International sits about 11 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.3 million passengers in 2025, with 67 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Boynton Beach
Schools across Boynton Beach average a C+, better than 34% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Sunset Palms Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Heron Heights Elementary SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Hagen Road Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Loggers' Run Community Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Christa Mcauliffe Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Woodlands Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Spanish River Community High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- West Boca Raton High SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Olympic Heights Community HighA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boynton Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boynton Beach measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Boynton Beach against the other 444 cities.
Who Boynton Beach suits
Families
Schools land around the 34th percentile and crime safety beats 63%.
Common questions about living in Boynton Beach
Is Boynton Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boynton Beach ranks 334th of 445 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and health care access, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boynton Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $416,444. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $87,014 median income, cost of living beats 48% of cities.
Is Boynton Beach safe?
Yes, Boynton Beach is safer than 63% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $232 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Boynton Beach?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 76 with lows near 62. That works out to about 91 pleasant days a year, more than 41% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Boynton Beach?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Indian Spring, Canyon Isles & Valencia Isles, Platina Country Club Trail & Bent Tree, and Princeton Place at Gables. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Boynton Beach good for families?
Schools beat 34% of cities, crime safety beats 63%, and childcare runs $1,238 a month.
Is Boynton Beach good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 48% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 47% of cities. About 17% of workers already work from home.
Compare Boynton Beach with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boynton Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boynton Beach represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Boynton Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boynton Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boynton Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boynton Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boynton Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boynton Beach detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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