THE BOCA RATON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Miami Ridge/Atlantic Coastal Strip setting.
Boca Raton city has 29.2 square miles of land in Palm Beach County. Its Census reference point is in Miami Ridge/Atlantic Coastal Strip, within Southern Florida Coastal Plain.
Very low-relief southern Florida terrain includes marsh, swamp, Everglades and palmetto-prairie settings. Small elevation differences can correspond to substantial changes in vegetation and water conditions.
Regional context: Southern Florida Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Boca Raton and Palm Beach County
Boca Raton is associated with Palm Beach County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Boca Raton by land and water
The Census records 2.41 square miles of water within Boca Raton, or 7.6% of its total area. It is 10 percentage points lower than the 17.6% recorded for Palm Beach County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Boca Raton city has 54.3 times the land area of nearby Highland Beach town (0.54 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

