Boca Raton makes Florida’s top 10 on 3 lists
Boca Raton is ranked on 35 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 3 and the top quarter on 12.
The lists Boca Raton does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Boca Raton marked.
Boca Raton out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
1 spot from the top 25 for health
Lists where Boca Raton sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Boca Raton lands in the top half on 19 of 25 lists
Each dot is Boca Raton’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Boca Raton does best come first.
Milder winters than 94% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Boca Raton’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Where Boca Raton lands in every FL ranking
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#26
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#10
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#52
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#45
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#114
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#186
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#361 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#28
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#405
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#231
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#200
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#450 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #57
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#189
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#91
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#187 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 North Miami Beach · 20.3 per resident
#7
Most library borrowing#1 Winter Park · 17.4 per resident
#5 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#151
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#205
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#105 
The number on the right is Boca Raton’s spot. All of Florida’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every FL list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.