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The Boynton Beach handbook

Living in Boynton Beach, FL: what to set up and who to call

The closest public drop-off to Boynton Beach is Central County Transfer Station, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. Boynton Beach has its own train station.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Boynton Beach, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Boynton Beach.

Electricity

Power comes from FPL

FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Boynton Beach. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Boynton Beach PWS

Boynton Beach PWS supplies almost all of Boynton Beach. It draws ground water (EPA lists Palm Beach County Water Utilities as seller) and serves 112,000 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.

Lead, 90th percentile4.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 4.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.6 ppb. That’s higher than 88% 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. FL4500145.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Boynton Beach

100% of 21,231 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 48% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable, Fiber99%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber88%5,000/5,000
Hotwire CommunicationsFiber10%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless56%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless43%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Boynton Beach

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Boynton Beach, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown pickupTown crews pick up at the curbboynton-beach.org
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Catalogs
  • Mail
  • Boxes (cut into 3'x3' sections)
  • Steel cans
  • Aluminum cans
  • Bottles/Jars
  • Drink boxes
  • Milk cartons
  • All plastic containers (#1-7)
The town’s guidesSolid Waste Brochure →
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsUp to three cubic yards of bulk trash, such as furniture, appliances and mattresses, picked up weekly; set out after 6 p.m. the day before pick-up. Construction debris limited to one cubic yard weekly; larger items need special pick-up with a charge

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check boynton-beach.org →

From boynton-beach.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Boynton Beach kids go to
PK–57 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–122 schoolsDepends on your address

Boynton Beach 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.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Boynton Beach spans 3 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Boynton Beach residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Boynton BeachZIP’s residents in Boynton Beach
33435Boynton Beach, FL43%93%
33426Boynton Beach, FL31%100%
33436Boynton Beach, FL25%45%

A few homes fall in 33483. 33424, 33425, 33474 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.

Area code561Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Boynton Beach

Who supplies Boynton Beach’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Boynton Beach PWS (EPA ID FL4500145). 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 4.4 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Boynton Beach?

FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Boynton Beach?

Xfinity, AT&T, Hotwire Communications, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Boynton Beach?

33435 (43%), 33426 (31%), 33436 (25%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Boynton Beach in?

Palm Beach County School District.

How do I register to vote in Boynton Beach?

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: Boynton Beach’s own website (boynton-beach.org), 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.