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Boca Raton, FL
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Boca Raton profile


Living in Boca Raton



Boca Raton is a larger medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 99,009 people and 59 associated neighborhoods, Boca Raton is the 27th largest community in Florida.

Boca Raton home prices are not only among the most expensive in Florida, but Boca Raton real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Boca Raton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.01% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Boca Raton, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Boca Raton is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Boca Raton a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

One of the nice things about Boca Raton is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Boca Raton, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Boca Raton is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 58.98% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Boca Raton in 2018 was $69,500, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $278,000 for a family of four. However, Boca Raton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Boca Raton is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Boca Raton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Boca Raton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Boca Raton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.67% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Boca Raton include Italian, German, Irish, English, and Russian.

In addition, Boca Raton has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (19.22%).

The most common language spoken in Boca Raton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.