Downtown Boca Raton: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: Palm Beach County’s community redevelopment area layer, the City of Boca Raton’s address points and parks layer, the School District of Palm Beach County’s attendance boundaries, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, Zillow Research, Palm Tran and OpenStreetMap.

Downtown is the city’s original center, around Federal Highway, Dixie Highway and Palmetto Park Road. The city’s comprehensive plan names “Downtown Boca Raton/Boca Raton Resort and Club” as the center of its Southeast Planning Area, one of five planning areas in the Community Profile. On this page, downtown means the Boca Raton community redevelopment area as Palm Beach County’s map draws it: about 302 acres.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Boca Raton Community High for every address, an A school in Florida’s 2026 grades. Check yours with the district’s Find My School map.
• Home value: $1,069,242 in ZIP code 33432 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest I-95 exit: exit 44, Palmetto Park Road, about 2.2 miles by road.

Part of our Boca Raton neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The redevelopment area runs from about NE Eighth Street in the north to Camino Real in the south, and from about Crawford Boulevard and SW Third Avenue in the west to Fifth Avenue on the east side, near the Intracoastal Waterway. Federal Highway and Dixie Highway run through it north to south; Palmetto Park Road and Royal Palm Road cross it. Every one of its addresses in the city’s data is in ZIP code 33432.

It is the most mixed area in this guide. Of about 1,714 addresses in the city’s address data inside it, 986 are condominium units. The rest are mostly shops, offices, buildings that mix stores, offices and homes, and the Mizner Park and Royal Palm Place centers. Our Mizner Park guide covers that center in detail.

Schools

How the area’s addresses fall in the School District of Palm Beach County’s attendance boundary layers (elementary for 2026-27, middle and high for 2025-26), with each school’s 2026 grade from the Florida Department of Education. The percentage is the share of possible points the school earned.

All three also earned an A in 2025. Boca Raton Elementary is inside the area. Zones can change from year to year; the district’s Find My School map is the final word. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP code 33432 was $1,069,242 in August 2026, up 6.4% from $1,004,839 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, single-family homes and condos together, not a sale price. It covers the whole ZIP code, which also takes in the beach and Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club. Zillow’s citywide Boca Raton figure was $576,824, up 3.7%. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From the city’s parks layer:

• Memorial Park, 150 NW Crawford Blvd., inside the area, with a playground, 10 lighted tennis courts, basketball, a community center, a teen center and a skate park.
• Sanborn Square, 72 N. Federal Highway, a small park with an outdoor stage.
• Mizner Park Amphitheater, at Federal Highway and Mizner Boulevard.
• Silver Palm Park, 600 E. Palmetto Park Road, just east of the area, with a boat launch and picnic tables.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• I-95: exit 44, Palmetto Park Road, about 2.2 miles by road from the middle of the area, or exit 45, Glades Road, about 3.1 miles, according to FDOT’s exit list.
• Florida’s Turnpike: exit 75, Glades Road, about 6.2 miles.
• City Hall: about 0.7 mile, at 201 W. Palmetto Park Road.
• Airports: about 24 miles to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International and about 26.5 miles to Palm Beach International.
• These are distances on the OpenStreetMap road network, measured with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
• Bus: Palm Tran routes 1 (U.S. 1), 92 (Palmetto Park Road) and 94 (FAU and the Tri-Rail station), and Broward County Transit route 10, run through the area, according to the routes as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
• Train: Brightline stops downtown; see our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap, inside or on the edge of the area:

• Publix, Federal Highway
• The Fresh Market, 100 W. Camino Real
• Trader Joe’s, 855 S. Federal Highway
• Walgreens, SW Second Avenue
• CVS Pharmacy

How we drew this area

This page uses the Boca Raton community redevelopment area boundary as published in Palm Beach County’s open data. Address counts and property types come from the City of Boca Raton’s address points inside it, and school shares from matching every one of those addresses to the district’s boundary layers on Oct. 8, 2026. Store and road locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

What schools is downtown Boca Raton zoned for?

Every address inside the downtown redevelopment area is zoned for Boca Raton Elementary, Boca Raton Community Middle and Boca Raton Community High in the School District of Palm Beach County’s boundary layers. All three earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades.

What ZIP code is downtown Boca Raton?

33432. Zillow put the typical home value in that ZIP code at $1,069,242 in August 2026, up 6.4% on the year; the ZIP code also covers the beach and Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club, so it is not a downtown-only figure.

What kind of homes are in downtown Boca Raton?

Mostly condominiums. Of about 1,700 addresses in the city’s address data inside the redevelopment area, 986 are condominium units; the rest are mainly shops, offices and mixed-use buildings.

How far is downtown Boca Raton from I-95?

About 2.2 miles by road to exit 44, Palmetto Park Road, measured on the OpenStreetMap road network.