Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0At 5.4%, unemployment in Boynton Beach is higher than in 67% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Boynton Beach are B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.1 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 31.0 in Miami. About one in ten stay in Boynton Beach for work; outside it, Boca Raton is the main destination (12%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Boynton Beach, in a few figures
Boynton Beach trades workers with the towns around it
Boynton Beach has about as many jobs (31,754) as working residents (34,117), but they are mostly different people: 30,242 residents leave for work each day while 27,879 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Boynton Beach are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Boynton Beach draws workers from far and wide
The 31,754 jobs in Boynton Beach are filled from a wide area. Boynton Beach’s own residents hold 12% and the ten next-biggest home towns 21%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Why Boynton Beach gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Boynton Beach is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #355 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Boynton Beach’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Boynton Beach could be anywhere from C+ to B.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 30,242 residents head out to work, 3,875 work right here, and 27,879 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
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 people from Boynton Beach work
Where Boynton Beach clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Boynton Beach
31,754 jobs are based in Boynton Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boynton Beach, 2013 → 2023: 26,330 → 31,754. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boynton Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Boynton Beach: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boynton Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36,664 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Boynton Beach
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Boynton Beach 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, Boynton Beach is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns, #184 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 41,113 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 96% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 22% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 6.1% of Boynton Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Boynton Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Boynton Beach ranks: 381st of 546 U.S. towns of 58,000 to 111,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 147 | Palm Beach Gardens FL | 63,883 | $107K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 17% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 379 | Council Bluffs IA | 62,680 | $65K | 15.1% | 4.2% | 37% | B− |
| 380 | Pasco WA | 82,848 | $86K | 12.6% | 5.3% | 24% | B− |
| 381 | Boynton Beach FL | 82,396 | $70K | 13.7% | 5.4% | 11% | B− |
| 382 | Lakewood WA | 62,755 | $75K | 13.2% | 5.7% | 15% | B− |
| 383 | Largo FL | 80,690 | $62K | 13.1% | 4.8% | 16% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 546 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Boynton Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Boynton Beach
The biggest share goes to Delray Beach (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boynton Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boynton Beach | – | B− | A− | 26 min | $70,074 |
| Hypoluxo | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 25 min | $78,214 |
| Ocean Ridge | under 2% | A | A | 33 min | $128,750 |
| Gulf Stream | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| San Castle | under 2% | C | A | 29 min | $57,228 |
| Delray Beach | 9% | B− | A | 23 min | $82,041 |
| Manalapan | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Golf | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gulf Stream, Manalapan and Golf: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Boynton Beach’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Boynton Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Boynton Beach?
$70,074 (±$3,713) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boynton Beach?
13.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boynton Beach?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boynton Beach work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boca Raton (12%, 11 mi), Delray Beach (9%, 5 mi), West Palm Beach (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boynton Beach walkable?
Boynton Beach is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 13.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boynton Beach without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 22% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boynton Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boynton Beach
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.