Community guide · Market data through September 26, 2026
At a glance
Boca Raton is the southernmost large city in Palm Beach County, running from the Atlantic beaches on State Road A1A across the Intracoastal Waterway to neighborhoods west of I-95. Its downtown still carries the Mediterranean Revival look Addison Mizner brought in the 1920s, and its housing ranges from 1920s historic houses to golf and yacht club communities and high-rise condominiums. In the 90 days ending September 26, 2026, single-family homes with a Boca Raton address sold for a median $940,000 and condos for $350,000.
By Oleg Sulyma, Realtor®Market data through September 26, 2026
Market snapshot
90 days ending September 26, 2026 · 1023 closed sales
| Type | Sales | Median price | Per sq ft | Days to close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-family | 567 | $940,000 | $422 | 70 |
| Condo | 347 | $350,000 | $273 | 92 |
| Townhome | 109 | $510,000 | $293 | 86 |
| ZIP | Sales | Median price | Days to close |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33433 mostly unincorporated; part in city | 196 | $497,000 | 74 |
| 33434 mostly unincorporated; part in city | 163 | $580,000 | 88 |
| 33496 mostly unincorporated; part in city | 134 | $1,612,500 | 74 |
| 33428 unincorporated West Boca | 118 | $586,500 | 71 |
| 33432 inside city limits (downtown/east) | 104 | $1,885,000 | 106 |
| 33486 inside city limits | 81 | $740,000 | 64 |
| 33487 mostly city; part Highland Beach/county | 78 | $772,500 | 81 |
| 33431 inside city limits | 77 | $725,000 | 90 |
| 33498 unincorporated West Boca | 72 | $730,000 | 66 |
Condos and townhomes were 45% of Boca Raton sales in this period, against 42% across Palm Beach County, where the median sale price for all home types was $515,000.
Medians of closed sales of single-family homes, condos and townhomes with a Boca Raton mailing address, June 29 – September 26, 2026. A mailing address can sit outside city limits: see the ZIP notes. Days to close is closing date minus list date. Figures are calculated from public listing records, not the MLS, and can differ from MLS statistics. Types with fewer than 5 sales are not reported.
This month's market
In July 2026, 370 homes closed in Boca Raton at a median sale price of $685,000. That median was down 1.2% from $693,500 in June 2026, and closed sales were down 7.5% from 400. The median price per square foot was $348, down 2.0% from $355. Homes sold for a median of 96.2% of list price, up 0.3 points from 95.9%, and took a median of 76 days from list to close.
Single-family homes accounted for 210 sales at a median of $926,000, while 124 condos sold at a median of $329,000 and 36 townhomes at $519,000. There were 123 sales at or over $1 million, 33.2% of the total, and the highest sale price was $21,500,000. Boca Raton's median sale price was 30.5% above the Palm Beach County median of $525,000.
Down 1.2% from June 2026
400 in June 2026
Palm Beach County median for July 2026: $525,000.
Medians of closed sales with a recorded list price, from public listing records, not the MLS. See the full Palm Beach County report.
Living in Boca Raton
The Town of Boca Raton was incorporated in May 1925, at the height of the Florida land boom. The town council hired society architect Addison Mizner to plan a resort city. The boom ended in 1926 and most of his plan was never built, but his Cloister Inn, finished in 1926, survives as The Boca Raton resort. The 1927 Town Hall at 71 North Federal Highway follows Mizner’s design and now houses the Boca Raton Historical Society’s history museum.
In 1942 the Army Air Corps opened a wartime radar training facility here, and Florida Atlantic University took over the old airbase site in 1962. FAU’s main campus sits at 777 Glades Road, next to Boca Raton Airport, a state-owned general aviation airport. IBM opened a facility in the city in 1967, and the first IBM PC was developed there in 1981. Downtown, Mizner Park opened in 1991 on the site of the old Boca Mall on Federal Highway, with shops, apartments, an amphitheater and the Boca Raton Museum of Art.
Boca Raton’s housing is split between houses and apartment-style buildings. Census survey data show about as many homes in buildings of five or more units as detached single-family houses, with a large share in buildings of 50 units or more, and a median construction year of 1983. The oldest stock is in and around downtown, where Old Floresta’s 1920s Mizner-designed houses have stucco walls, wrought-iron balconies and barrel-tile roofs. Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club, on land between the resort, the Intracoastal Waterway and Federal Highway, dates to 1959.
Mixed-use buildings are part of downtown too: Mizner Park combines apartments with retail and office space. West of the city, the Boca Raton postal area continues into large unincorporated golf and club communities that grew mainly in the 1980s and 1990s, such as Boca West. Expect a wide range of building ages, from 1920s houses under historic district rules to recent downtown towers.
I-95 and Florida’s Turnpike run north-south through the Boca area, with Federal Highway (US-1) near the coast and State Road A1A on the barrier island. Glades Road, Palmetto Park Road and Yamato Road are the main east-west roads. Boca Raton has two passenger rail stations. Tri-Rail stops at 680 Yamato Road off I-95 exit 48B, with free parking and Palm Tran connections. Brightline opened its downtown station at 101 NW 4th Street, next to the library and across from Mizner Park, on December 21, 2022.
Boaters reach the ocean through the Boca Raton Inlet, the southernmost of Palm Beach County’s four inlets, which connects Lake Boca Raton and the Intracoastal Waterway to the Atlantic. The city funds annual dredging of the inlet’s interior and periodic dredging of its ebb shoal to keep the channel navigable. Boca Raton Airport, next to FAU, is a general aviation airport used mainly by private and corporate aircraft.
Areas
These are areas inside the city and just outside it that share a Boca Raton address.
The blocks around Federal Highway and Palmetto Park Road hold Mizner Park’s apartments over shops, the 1927 Town Hall, the public library and the Brightline station on NW 4th Street.
Ask Oleg about homes downtown and near Mizner ParkBoca Raton’s first historic district, north of Palmetto Park Road between Paloma and Cardinal Avenues, built around Mizner’s 1920s Spanish-style houses on narrow, tree-lined streets.
Ask Oleg about homes in Old FlorestaA historic district platted in 1915, running from Northeast Tenth Street to north of Glades Road between Dixie and Federal Highways. Exterior changes need a Certificate of Appropriateness.
Ask Oleg about homes in Pearl CityA club community founded in 1959 between The Boca Raton resort, the Intracoastal Waterway, the Hillsboro River and Federal Highway, with an 18-hole golf course and a full-service marina.
Ask Oleg about homes in Royal Palm Yacht & Country ClubThe strip between the Intracoastal Waterway and the ocean holds the city’s beach parks, Spanish River, Red Reef and South Beach, plus the Gumbo Limbo Environmental Complex and county-owned South Inlet Park.
Ask Oleg about homes on the barrier island and A1AAn unincorporated country club community west of the city, bordered by Boca Raton to the north and east and Florida’s Turnpike to the west, with four 18-hole golf courses.
Ask Oleg about homes in Boca West (near Boca Raton)Before you buy
The City of Boca Raton says a large portion of the city lies in FEMA’s special flood hazard area, so check every address rather than assuming. The city’s coastal planning area covers land east of Federal Highway to the ocean plus strips along the Hillsboro and El Rio canals, and waterfront homes on the ocean, the Intracoastal Waterway and Lake Boca Raton deserve the closest look. The city takes part in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which discounts qualifying flood policies. Look up any address on FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center or the city’s flood zone tool, and ask for the elevation certificate before you make an offer.
Two Florida rules apply to every sale. Since October 1, 2024, Florida sellers of residential property must hand buyers a flood disclosure at or before signing the contract, and since October 1, 2025 it covers any flooding that damaged the property during the seller’s ownership, flood insurance claims (including with the National Flood Insurance Program), and any flood-damage assistance received, such as from FEMA. Citizens Property Insurance is also phasing in required flood coverage on its policies that include wind coverage: it already applies in FEMA high-risk zones and to higher-value homes, and reaches all remaining such policies written or renewed on or after January 1, 2027. Condo unit owner policies are exempt.
Rules in Boca Raton depend heavily on the property. In the Old Floresta and Pearl City historic districts, and at individually designated historic sites, exterior work, including walls, fences, lighting, paving, landscaping and demolition, needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the city’s Historic Preservation Board. Golf and club communities are a separate category: at Boca West, club membership is required when you buy a home, though it is a separate transaction from the purchase.
Condo buildings three habitable stories or taller need a milestone inspection by December 31 of the year they turn 30, then every 10 years; local officials can require it at 25 where salt water or similar conditions warrant. A deeper phase two follows only if the visual phase one finds substantial structural deterioration. These buildings also need a structural integrity reserve study every 10 years, and owners can’t vote to waive or cut reserves for the items it covers. Before buying, ask for the inspection summary, the reserve study, and any special assessments. Resale buyers get 7 days, not counting weekends and holidays, after receiving the association documents to cancel.
Questions
Not necessarily. The City of Boca Raton says a Boca Raton address does not mean you live in the city, and parts of the area are unincorporated Palm Beach County served by the county. By 2020 Census geography, 33431, 33432 and 33486 fall entirely inside the city, while 33428 and 33498 are entirely outside it. Check the city limits map on myboca.us for a specific property.
33431, 33432 and 33486 cover the city’s core, and most of 33487 is also inside the city, with part in Highland Beach. 33433, 33434 and 33496 are mostly unincorporated with some city land, and 33428 and 33498 cover unincorporated West Boca. Prices differ sharply by ZIP code: see the market snapshot above.
A large portion of it is, according to the city. Homes on the ocean, the Intracoastal Waterway, Lake Boca Raton and canals deserve the closest look. Search the address on FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center or the city’s flood zone tool, and ask for the elevation certificate. The city keeps copies of elevation certificates for new or substantially improved buildings in flood hazard areas.
Yes. Brightline’s Boca Raton station opened on December 21, 2022, at 101 NW 4th Street, next to the downtown library and across from Mizner Park. It sits between the Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach stops. Tri-Rail also stops in Boca Raton at 680 Yamato Road.
Yes, in two districts. Properties in Old Floresta and Pearl City, and individually designated historic sites, need a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Preservation Board before most exterior work, from fences and lighting to demolition. The board meets monthly, so build that time into any renovation plan.
Written by Oleg Sulyma, Realtor® with Coastal Properties
Market figures are medians of 1023 closed sales of single-family homes, condos and townhomes with a Boca Raton mailing address, June 29 – September 26, 2026, calculated from public listing records. Community facts come from the public sources listed below.
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