Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Living in Boca Raton, FL: what to set up and who to call
Boca Raton spans 7 ZIP codes; 33486 holds the most residents (24%). Boca Raton has its own train station.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Boca Raton, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Boca Raton.
Power comes from FPL
FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Boca Raton. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $162 a month (its average across Florida).
Start or move service: www.fpl.com · (800) 375-2434
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Boca Raton WTP water system
The Boca Raton WTP water system supplies almost all of Boca Raton. It draws ground water and serves 130,000 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 0.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 65% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. FL4500130.
5 home internet providers serve Boca Raton
100% of 25,077 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 48% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 93% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Hotwire Communications | Fiber | 12% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 80% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 61% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Boca Raton is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Boca Raton, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon, Tue, Thu or Fri)Look up your day on myboca.us
- Bulky itemsEvery week
Dual-stream recycling
Paper goes out separately from bottles and cans.
From myboca.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2022-2023. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Boca Raton is in Palm Beach County School District.
B+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Mar 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Boca Raton spans 7 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Boca Raton residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Boca Raton | ZIP’s residents in Boca Raton |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33486 | Boca Raton, FL | 24% | 100% |
| 33432 | Boca Raton, FL | 23% | 100% |
| 33431 | Boca Raton, FL | 23% | 100% |
| 33487 | Boca Raton, FL | 13% | 61% |
| 33496 | Boca Raton, FL | 9% | 38% |
| 33434 | Boca Raton, FL | 5% | 22% |
| 33433 | Boca Raton, FL | 4% | 9% |
33427, 33429, 33464, 33481, 33488, 33497, 33499 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Boca Raton
Who supplies Boca Raton’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Boca Raton WTP water system (EPA ID FL4500130). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.6 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Boca Raton?
FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Boca Raton?
Xfinity, AT&T, Hotwire Communications, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Boca Raton?
33486 (24%), 33432 (23%), 33431 (23%), 33487 (13%), 33496 (9%), 33434 (5%), 33433 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Boca Raton in?
Palm Beach County School District.
How do I register to vote in Boca Raton?
In Florida you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Palm Beach Supervisor of Elections. Check your registration at registration.elections.myflorida.com.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Boca Raton’s own website (myboca.us), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.