Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Boca Raton has 3.0 jobs for every working resident: 95,587 people commute in to work
Jobs & income B+: better than 70% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #179 of 638 in Florida.
Walkability A: more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns · #103 of 638 in Florida.
Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Florida 28, U.S. 26). About one in three work in Boca Raton; the top destination outside it is Fort Lauderdale (6%, 16 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.7 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Boca Raton
Boca Raton has far more jobs than workers
Boca Raton has 106,933 jobs, 3.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 173,000 people are in town, 71% more than the 102,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Boca Raton draws workers from far and wide
The 106,933 jobs in Boca Raton are filled from a wide area. Boca Raton’s own residents hold 11% and the ten next-biggest home towns 25%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Boca Raton are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Boca Raton
24% of Boca Raton workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Boca Raton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Boca Raton is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #179 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Boca Raton’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Boca Raton could be anywhere from B to A−.
Boca Raton nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 23,749 residents head out to work, 11,346 work right here, and 95,587 people come in from elsewhere.
About 173,000 people are in Boca Raton on a workday afternoon, 71% more than live here.
3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Boca Raton’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Boca Raton clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boca Raton workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 35,590 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
67% of the jobs in Boca Raton pay over $3,333 a month
106,933 jobs are based in Boca Raton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boca Raton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boca Raton, 2013 → 2023: 87,400 → 106,933. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Half of Boca Raton commutes less than 9 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Boca Raton is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boca Raton is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #103 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Boca Raton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 46,527 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 55% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.3% of Boca Raton households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Boca Raton’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Boca Raton is 169th of 424 U.S. towns of 71,000 to 137,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Boca Raton, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Doral FL | 81,634 | $94K | 10.3% | 3.3% | 21% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Plantation FL | 99,183 | $93K | 10.0% | 4.0% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Kendall FL | 79,562 | $87K | 11.2% | 3.3% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 167 | Murrieta CA | 114,124 | $114K | 5.4% | 6.8% | 13% | B+ |
| 168 | Chino CA | 96,957 | $105K | 8.0% | 6.5% | 11% | B+ |
| 169 | Boca Raton FL | 101,582 | $106K | 10.0% | 5.5% | 32% | B+ |
| 170 | Tracy CA | 101,901 | $121K | 7.8% | 5.5% | 17% | B+ |
| 171 | Alafaya FL | 92,449 | $101K | 9.3% | 4.9% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 424 | Flint MI | 79,306 | $38K | 34.1% | 14.8% | 20% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
10% of Boca Raton works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Deerfield Beach (5%). Darker towns draw more of Boca Raton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boca Raton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boca Raton | – | B+ | A | 21 min | $106,273 |
| Deerfield Beach | 5% | C+ | A | 28 min | $59,730 |
| Highland Beach | under 2% | A+ | B− | 23 min | $145,485 |
| Delray Beach | 5% | B− | A | 23 min | $82,041 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Boca Raton: questions
What is the median household income in Boca Raton?
$106,273 (±$6,300) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boca Raton?
10.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boca Raton?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boca Raton work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (6%, 16 mi), Deerfield Beach (5%, 4 mi), Delray Beach (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boca Raton walkable?
Boca Raton is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boca Raton without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boca Raton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boca Raton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.