Apartments for Rent in Boca Raton, FL

Preguntas frecuentes

• How many apartments for rent are available in Boca Raton, FL right now?

  Boca Raton sits at the top of its own neighborhood on price, and the gaps are not small. At an average of about $2,944 it runs above Delray Beach at $2,892 and Fort Lauderdale at $2,868, and well clear of West Palm Beach at $2,475, Coral Springs at $2,464 and Pompano Beach at $2,265. The clearest measure of how top-heavy the market is: 38 percent of local listings ask $3,000 or more, a larger share than any single band below it. The 63 apartments for rent around Boca stretch from the older low-rise stock inland to the newer downtown buildings and the gated communities east and north. Renters make up about 34 percent of households here, roughly 14,200, so the rental sector is substantial without being dominant. Rent moved barely at all over the past year, up just 0.53 percent.

• What does an apartment for rent in Boca Raton cost each month?

  The citywide average is about $2,944 for roughly 1,055 square feet. A studio runs near $1,975 for only 531 square feet, a one-bedroom near $2,346 for about 771, a two-bedroom near $3,045 for around 1,156, and a three-bedroom near $4,068 for about 1,528. The spread between neighborhoods is wide enough to be worth searching on directly rather than treating the city as one market. Old Floresta averages about $2,029 and Boca Raton Square and Camino Gardens about $2,240, with Los Paseos near $2,534, so you can find apartments under $2,300 a month in those pockets. At the other end Por la Mar runs about $3,932, Boca Raton Villas about $3,781 and Broken Sound about $3,105. Note how little the studio saves against the one-bedroom before you take one.

• Is there rent control on apartments for rent in Boca Raton?

  No, and Florida has closed off both routes to it. State law has long barred a county or municipality from imposing rent control on private housing except under a formally declared housing emergency, subject to conditions strict enough that in practice it does not happen. Then in 2023 the legislature went considerably further with House Bill 1417, effective July 1, 2023, which created a new section of the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act expressly reserving to the state the regulation of residential tenancies and the landlord-tenant relationship as a whole. That preemption swept away local tenant-protection ordinances right across Florida, with roughly 46 ordinances in some 35 cities and counties estimated to be nullified. The practical effect for a Boca Raton renter is that your protections are the statewide ones in Chapter 83 and your lease, and the city cannot add to them.

• What deposit rules apply to a Boca Raton apartment for rent?

  Florida sets no ceiling on the amount, so the deposit you are asked for is a matter of negotiation, but it does impose a strict notice regime that works in your favor if you know it. Under Florida Statute 83.49 the landlord must tell you in writing, either in the lease or within 30 days of taking your money, where the deposit is being held, the name and address of the institution and whether it earns interest. At the end of the tenancy the burden sits with them: if they intend to keep any part of it they must send you written notice of the claim by certified mail within 30 days of you moving out, and you then have 15 days to object in writing. A landlord who misses that 30-day window forfeits the right to claim against the deposit. Give a forwarding address in writing and keep proof, since notice goes to the last address you supplied.

• Are there apartments for rent near the Boca Raton Brightline or Tri-Rail stations?

  Yes, and the two stations anchor genuinely different parts of the city, so decide which service you need before you shortlist. The Brightline station sits downtown and opened on December 21, 2022, putting the newer downtown apartment stock within reach of a fast intercity service running north to West Palm Beach and Orlando and south toward Fort Lauderdale and Miami. The Tri-Rail station is on the other side of the city at 680 Yamato Road, on a regional commuter line operating since 1989, and it is the cheaper daily option; the apartments nearest it sit among the northern office parks. Downtown carries a clear premium for walkability, so if your commute is a daily Tri-Rail run rather than an occasional Brightline trip, the northern side gives you the same rail access for less rent.

• How does Boca Raton compare with Delray Beach, Pompano Beach and Coral Springs on rent?

  Boca is the premium address in this cluster, but the size of the premium depends entirely on which direction you look. Northward, Delray Beach at about $2,892 is only around $52 a month cheaper, which is close enough that the choice between them is about character rather than cost. Southward the gap opens sharply: Pompano Beach at about $2,265 sits roughly $679 below Boca, and Coral Springs at about $2,464 about $480 below, both within a straightforward drive. Fort Lauderdale at $2,868 and West Palm Beach at $2,475 bracket the range in between. So if you want the coast and the schools, Delray is the near-equivalent; if the monthly figure is what binds you, Pompano Beach and Coral Springs are where the real saving is, and Coral Springs in particular keeps you close to the same commuting corridors.