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.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Boynton Beach is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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.

One of the nice things about Boynton Beach is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Boynton Beach Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Boynton Beach is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 20.68% of adults 25 and older in the city 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.