Boynton Beach is in Palm Beach County, Florida. Which county offices handle taxes, deeds, elections and courts, what the city runs, and the neighbors nearby.

Boynton Beach is in Palm Beach County, Florida, on the Atlantic coast between Lantana and Delray Beach. The county seat is West Palm Beach, about 15 miles north. Three layers of local government share the work here, and knowing which does what saves time: the city, the county and the school district are separate bodies with separate budgets, separate boards and separate elections.

What county is Boynton Beach in?

Palm Beach County. Every Boynton Beach address, including the parts west of Interstate 95 and the unincorporated neighborhoods with a Boynton Beach mailing address, is in Palm Beach County. That means the county’s offices handle these for everyone in Boynton Beach:

You need Palm Beach County office
Your property’s assessed value or homestead exemption Property Appraiser
To pay property taxes, renew a tag or a driver’s license Tax Collector
Deeds, marriage licenses, court records Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller
Voter registration, early voting, sample ballots Supervisor of Elections
Policing outside city limits, the county jail Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office

The county is governed by the seven-member Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, each elected from a district.

Is my address in the city or only in the county?

A Boynton Beach mailing address does not mean you live inside city limits. Large areas west of the city, including many communities along Jog Road and Lyons Road, are unincorporated Palm Beach County with a Boynton Beach mailing address. There the county, not the city, handles zoning, building permits, code enforcement and trash, and the sheriff’s office, not the Boynton Beach Police Department, answers calls. Your property tax bill shows which: look up your parcel on the Property Appraiser’s site and check the municipality line.

The city

The city of Boynton Beach runs the Boynton Beach Police Department, Boynton Beach Fire Rescue, most local streets, parks, Boynton Beach Utilities (water and sewer), zoning and building permits, code enforcement and trash and recycling. The city uses a commission-manager government: voters elect a mayor at large and four district commissioners to the Boynton Beach City Commission, which sets the city’s property tax rate and adopts the budget each year. The commission meets at 6 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of the month. Agendas are published before every meeting; we report from them on the news pages.

The county

Palm Beach County runs the courts, the jail, the sheriff’s office (which polices the unincorporated areas and serves warrants countywide), property records through the clerk’s office, elections, public health, and the county roads outside city limits. The Property Appraiser values property for tax; the Tax Collector collects it for every taxing body. Real estate transfers in our weekly column come from the county record.

The school district

Public schools in Boynton Beach are run by the School District of Palm Beach County, which covers the whole county. It has its own elected school board, its own budget and its own line on your property tax bill. School attendance zones do not follow city limits, so check your address with the district before assuming which school is yours. School board agendas and state report cards are the primary sources for our education coverage.

The neighbors

These are the places over 5,000 people within about 15 miles of Boynton Beach, nearest first. We name them when a story touches them, with the distance:

  • Lantana (about 4 miles)
  • Delray Beach (about 5 miles)
  • Lake Worth Beach (about 6 miles)
  • Palm Springs (about 8 miles)
  • Greenacres (about 8 miles)
  • Boca Raton (about 11 miles)
  • Palm Beach (about 12 miles)
  • Wellington (about 14 miles)

Boynton Beach by the numbers

From the 2023 American Community Survey five-year estimates (U.S. Census Bureau):

Measure Boynton Beach
Population 80,601
Median household income $71,378
Median home value (owner-occupied) $312,700
Median age 42.9
Adults 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher 31.9%

Estimates carry margins of error; treat them as a picture, not a count.

Who to call

  • Police non-emergency: the Boynton Beach Police Department (emergencies: 911).
  • Outside city limits: the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
  • Property records and deeds: the Palm Beach County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller.
  • Weather warnings: the National Weather Service in Miami covers Boynton Beach; we publish its alerts as they are issued.

Questions

What county is Boynton Beach, Florida, in? Palm Beach County. The county seat is West Palm Beach, about 15 miles north.

Does Boynton Beach have its own police? Yes. The Boynton Beach Police Department covers the city. Unincorporated areas with a Boynton Beach address are covered by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.

Who collects property taxes in Boynton Beach? The Palm Beach County Tax Collector collects them for the city, the county, the school district and the other taxing bodies on the bill.