Boynton Beach is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 59,951 people and 21 constituent neighborhoods, Boynton Beach is the 36th largest community in Florida.

Boynton Beach is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Boynton Beach is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Boynton Beach who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.26%), sales jobs (13.48%), and management occupations (8.31%).

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

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Boynton Beach are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Boynton Beach Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Boynton Beach who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 20.68% of adults in Boynton Beach have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Boynton Beach in 2000 was $22,573, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,292 for a family of four.

Boynton Beach is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Boynton Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Boynton Beach is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Boynton Beach include Italian, German, Irish, Haitian, English, Polish, and Russian.

Boynton Beach also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.36%.

The most common language spoken in Boynton Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include French Creole and Spanish.