Delray Beach is a city of around 70,000 in southern Palm Beach County, sitting between Boynton Beach and Boca Raton on the Atlantic coast. The city covers about sixteen square miles and is anchored by Atlantic Avenue, the east-west boulevard that runs from I-95 across the Intracoastal to the public beach.
Daily life centers on the Atlantic Avenue dining and gallery district downtown — consistently ranked among the most successful walkable downtowns in Florida — alongside the Old School Square cultural center, the Delray Beach Tennis Center (host of major ATP and exhibition events), and the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens west of the city. The Pineapple Grove arts neighborhood sits a block north of Atlantic.
Delray Beach is served by the School District of Palm Beach County. The city has retained more of its 1920s downtown building stock than most of its southern neighbors and has built a distinct identity around walkability, public art, and a year-round event calendar.