ZIP reports / FL / 33433
ZIP rental intelligence · 2026-06

ZIP 33433, Boca Raton, FL

Asking rent, household capacity, housing stock and local context—kept at their original geographic and measurement scopes.

Direct local rent answer

What does rent cost in ZIP 33433?

The latest Zillow ZORI for ZIP 33433 is $2,636 per month in 2026-06. It is a typical observed asking-rent index across rental types—not an arithmetic average, signed lease or quote for one property.

Zillow asking-rent index$2,6362026-06 · up 4.1% year over year
ACS median gross rent$2,521ACS 2024 5-year survey · ±$162 margin of error
HUD two-bedroom standard$2,333Administrative FMR/SAFMR · not asking rent
Bedroom-level rent benchmarks in ZIP 33433
BedroomsModelled asking-rent lensHUD standardHow to use it
Studio$2,020ZORI scaled by the local HUD bedroom ladder$1,788HUD FMR/SAFMR administrative benchmarkCompare with current same-bedroom listings; do not average these two measures.
1 bedroom$2,148ZORI scaled by the local HUD bedroom ladder$1,901HUD FMR/SAFMR administrative benchmarkCompare with current same-bedroom listings; do not average these two measures.
2 bedrooms$2,636ZORI scaled by the local HUD bedroom ladder$2,333HUD FMR/SAFMR administrative benchmarkCompare with current same-bedroom listings; do not average these two measures.
3 bedrooms$3,533ZORI scaled by the local HUD bedroom ladder$3,127HUD FMR/SAFMR administrative benchmarkCompare with current same-bedroom listings; do not average these two measures.
4 bedrooms$4,082ZORI scaled by the local HUD bedroom ladder$3,613HUD FMR/SAFMR administrative benchmarkCompare with current same-bedroom listings; do not average these two measures.

Bedroom estimates are modelled, not observed rents. Zillow, Census ACS and HUD describe different housing universes and remain separate throughout this report.Zillow pulled 2026-08-08

Median household income$84,091ACS 2024 5-year · ±$5,723 MOE
Renter share30.7%6,217 renter households
Rent burden 30%+67.2%4,177 observed households
Housing vacancy11.3%2,585 of 22,813 units
Six views · one local decision

Read the measures together, without merging them

ZORI tracks observed asking rent, ACS describes occupied renter homes, and HUD publishes an administrative benchmark. The charts preserve those differences and add wider context only where the geography is named.

Three definitions of rent

Useful as a spread, not interchangeable observations.

Three rent measures for ZIP 33433Zillow asking-rent index$2,636ACS median gross rent$2,521HUD two-bedroom standard$2,333

Affordability screen

Annual income implied by 30% of the current ZIP ZORI.

Income screen for ZIP 33433ACS median household income$84,091Income at 30% of ZIP ZORI$105,440

Bedroom ladder

Modelled from ZIP ZORI using the local HUD ladder.

Modelled bedroom rent ladder for ZIP 33433Studio$2,020One bedroom$2,148Two bedrooms$2,636Three bedrooms$3,533Four bedrooms$4,082

Observed renter burden

ACS ZCTA households with computable gross-rent burden.

Observed renter cost burden in ZCTA 3343330% or more of income4,177 householdsBelow 30%2,040 households

ZIP versus wider rent context

Each bar retains its own ZIP, city, county or metro scope.

Asking-rent context for ZIP 33433ZIP 33433$2,636Boca Raton city$2,940Palm Beach County county$2,662Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL metro$2,695

Monthly asking-rent history

Direct Zillow ZORI observations over the latest five years. Missing months remain visible gaps.

Five-year direct Zillow asking-rent history for ZIP 33433; missing months remain gaps$2,733$2,438$2,143$1,8482021-062023-122026-06
Five-year change
35.5%exact same-month endpoints
Largest observed drawdown
2.2%peak to a later observed month
Annualized monthly variability
3.7%137 consecutive returns
Monthly coverage
100.0%138 of 138 months
Decision brief

What the evidence says for ZIP 33433

June 2026 places ZIP 33433's Zillow Observed Rent Index at $2,636 per month, up 4.1% from the same month a year earlier. Zillow ZORI is a ZIP-level typical observed asking-rent index blended across rental types, so it is a current market indicator rather than a lease ledger for one unit. For wider context only, Boca Raton city context has a $2,940 rent index, Palm Beach County context has a $2,662 rent index, and the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL metro context has a $2,695 rent index. The ZIP reading is therefore below each named wider-area benchmark, while its positive recent change still establishes a rising current asking-rent direction.

Looking backward, the exact same-month one-year ZORI change was 4.1%, the three-year annualized change was 2.2%, and the five-year annualized change was 6.3%. The one-year increase confirms that rent direction remains positive, but its pace is below the stronger five-year path and above the three-year pace; it extends growth without fully matching the longer-run rate. Monthly changes produced 3.7% annualized variability, a high-variability classification that makes a single current rent snapshot less definitive than a stable series would. The largest recorded peak-to-trough pullback was 2.2%, showing that the historical series did experience reversals. The record covers all 138 available monthly observations and 137 consecutive returns. Among history-eligible ZIPs nationally, where lower discovery ranks are stronger, momentum ranked 952, stability ranked 2,378, and the balanced rank was 1,690. These are backward-looking measurements, not forecasts or investment recommendations.

Source differences matter before comparing rents. The ACS 2024 five-year estimate reports median gross rent of $2,521, with a $162 margin of error; that is a survey measure for occupied renter homes and includes selected utilities. The current Zillow asking-rent index is 4.6% above that ACS median, a difference that can reflect both universe and timing rather than a contradiction. The Census ZCTA matched to this label is a statistical area and is not identical to a USPS delivery ZIP. Separately, the supplied HUD FMR/SAFMR two-bedroom standard is $2,333, placing Zillow ZORI 13.0% higher. HUD is an administrative, bedroom-specific standard, not asking rent, so it should not be read as a competing observed lease or listing measure.

There is no direct bedroom-rent observation in this packet. Instead, the bedroom figures are modelled estimates that scale the ZIP ZORI using the local HUD ladder; they are never measured bedroom rents. That method produces a studio estimate of $2,020, a one-bedroom estimate of $2,148, a two-bedroom estimate of $2,636, a three-bedroom estimate of $3,533, and a four-bedroom estimate of $4,082. The ladder is useful for consistently translating the all-rental-type ZORI into bedroom-specific screens, but it does not establish what any particular floor plan, building, lease term, utility package, or available listing will command.

The 30% required-income screen is arithmetic, not advice and not an applicant qualification rule. Supporting the current $2,636 monthly ZORI at that threshold implies $105,440 in annual income, compared with an ACS median household income of $84,091. On that simple comparison, the asking-rent-to-income calculation is 37.6%, above the screen. The ACS burden measure adds a separate resident-based signal: 4,177 of 6,217 surveyed renter households, or 67.2%, were paying at least 30% of income toward rent. That burden statistic concerns occupied renter households in the survey universe; it cannot prove that a particular prospective renter, current tenant, or individual unit is burdened.

Housing stock and vacancy create a second constraint on interpretation. The matched ZCTA contains 22,813 housing units across single-family and large-multifamily structures. Its 11.3% vacancy rate corresponds to 2,585 vacant units, but the composition is important: 735 were identified as vacant for rent and 1,253 as seasonal vacancies. Those counts describe a survey classification of the area’s housing stock, not a real-time inventory feed. Neither the overall vacancy measure nor the for-rent vacancy count demonstrates availability, pricing flexibility, condition, lease concessions, or vacancy at a specific property.

Redfin supplies a different, direct rolling-three-month ZIP resale observation, describing the for-sale market rather than rental transactions. Its median sold price was $481,391, up 5.8% year over year, across 232 homes sold. Marketing time was 76 days, with 363 homes of inventory and 4.7 months of supply. The average sale-to-list result was 95.5%, indicating that the reported resale transactions typically closed below list. This creates a useful tension: resale prices rose faster than the current one-year asking-rent index, yet marketing time, supply, and below-list closings challenge an unqualified tightness reading. Annualized ZIP ZORI divided by the Redfin median sold price equals a 6.57% screening ratio only; it is cross-source arithmetic, not a cap rate, net return, expected return, or property yield.

Several limits should bracket any use of these figures. Zillow is an asking-rent index, ACS is a multi-year survey of occupied homes, HUD is an administrative standard, and Redfin measures completed ZIP resale activity; none substitutes for property-level rent or transaction evidence. A property-specific review should check the advertised rent, bedroom count, included utilities, lease duration, concessions, actual unit availability, condition, and comparable recent sale records against the appropriate source universe. The practical question is whether a specific listing’s terms and condition align with the modelled rent ladder and the separate resale evidence, rather than whether one area-wide snapshot answers that question on its own.

Decision signals

What deserves a closer property-level check

Current asking-rent signal is positive but below wider rent context

ZIP 33433's Zillow ZORI rose year over year, indicating a positive current asking-rent direction. Its level remains below the named Boca Raton city, Palm Beach County, and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach metro context indices. Those wider values are comparison context only and should not replace the direct ZIP-level asking-rent index.

Recent rent growth continues, but the path is not uniformly strong

The one-year ZORI increase confirms positive recent direction, while the three-year annualized pace is slower and the five-year annualized pace is faster. High historical variability reduces confidence in treating one monthly index observation as a settled rent level. Full historical coverage improves measurement completeness, but it does not transform the history into a forecast.

Affordability and burden measures point to a meaningful screen

The arithmetic income required to support current ZORI at a 30% rent share exceeds the reported ACS median household income. The ACS renter burden share is also substantial. These are population-level screens based on different measures of rent and income, not evidence that any particular renter, household, or apartment is unaffordable or burdened.

Resale evidence is mixed relative to the rent signal

Redfin's direct ZIP resale data show year-over-year sold-price growth, but also extended marketing time, several months of supply, and average sales below list price. That combination challenges a simple tight-market interpretation. The annualized-rent-to-sold-price figure remains only a cross-source screening ratio and does not measure a property's operating economics.

  • Zillow ZORI measures a blended typical asking-rent index across rental types, while ACS measures occupied renter homes and HUD provides an administrative standard, so direct source-to-source comparisons require careful scope discipline.
  • The required-income screen and renter-burden share are broad arithmetic and survey indicators. They do not establish an applicant's income, a tenant's housing costs, qualification outcome, or the affordability of a particular unit.
  • Full historical coverage does not eliminate uncertainty because the series is classified as high variability and has experienced a recorded drawdown. Current rent direction is backward-looking evidence, not a projection of future asking rents.
  • Redfin's ZIP resale figures describe completed for-sale transactions rather than rental transactions. Price, marketing, inventory, and sale-to-list signals should not be converted into rental comparables, property cash flow, or expected investment performance.
Direct ZIP resale evidence

For-sale liquidity inside ZIP 33433

Redfin reports these as a rolling three-month ZIP observation through 2026-06-30. They describe the for-sale market, not rental vacancy or the rent of a particular property.

Median sale price$481,391+5.8% year over year
Homes sold232rolling three-month observation
Median days on market76 daysfor-sale listing absorption
Months of supply4.7resale inventory relative to sales pace

Activity and available supply

Direct ZIP counts remain separate because each describes a different stage of the resale funnel.

Direct resale activity for ZIP 33433Active listings661Inventory363Pending sales246Homes sold232

Counter-signals before underwriting

A price alone does not reveal how quickly buyers are absorbing available homes.

Inventory direction

363 observed inventory · -0.7% year over year.

Price realization

95.5% average sale-to-list ratio · 7.1% sold above original list.

Early absorption

27.2% went off market within two weeks; compare this with 76 median days on market.

Measurement boundary

Small ZIP samples can move sharply. This rolling period smooths monthly noise but does not replace current address-level sale and rent comparables.

Redfin Data Center · updated 2026-07-03 · exact five-digit ZIP key. Implausible source values are withheld as n/a rather than repaired or inherited from a broader geography.

Wider market evidence

Listing and rental liquidity around the ZIP

These measures are not ZIP observations. They are labelled county or metro context so they can challenge the local story without being copied into it.

Palm Beach County listing conditions

11,072 active Realtor.com listings · 77 median days on market · 16.0% price-reduced share · 2026-06.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL resale supply

n/a · n/a · n/a listings with price drops · Redfin 2026-05-01.

Apartment List metro liquidity

6.8% reported apartment vacancy · 27 days on market. These are direct metro observations and do not describe a particular ZIP unit.

Property-level next step

Compare live same-bedroom listings, concessions, utilities, condition and days listed inside ZIP 33433. The report frames the market; it does not replace a rent roll, lease review or address-level comparable set.

Questions this report can answer

Scope-aware answers

What does the Zillow rent figure represent?

The Zillow figure is ZIP-level ZORI, a typical observed asking-rent index blended across rental types. It is useful for tracking the current asking-rent market and its history, but it is not a signed-lease database, a utility-inclusive household budget, or a measured rent for a specific bedroom count.

How should the bedroom estimates be used?

They should be treated as modelled estimates, never measured bedroom rents. Each estimate scales the current ZIP ZORI through the supplied local HUD bedroom ladder. They provide a consistent screening framework, but actual rents can differ with property type, condition, utilities, lease structure, availability, and concessions.

Why can ACS median gross rent differ from Zillow ZORI?

ACS median gross rent is a five-year survey estimate for occupied renter homes and includes selected utilities, while Zillow ZORI is a current asking-rent index. The ACS geography is a Census ZCTA, which is statistical and not identical to a USPS delivery ZIP. Timing, geography, occupancy status, and rent definitions differ.

What does the Redfin resale block add to the rental analysis?

Redfin adds direct ZIP for-sale evidence on sold prices, transaction count, marketing time, inventory, supply, and sale-to-list outcomes. It can frame whether resale signals align with or challenge rent screens, but it does not measure rental transactions. Its annualized-rent-to-price calculation is only a cross-source screening ratio.