Delray Beach, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delray Beach, Florida, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 45 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
45 ft 14 m33 ft 10 m28 ft 9 m17 ft 5 m6 ft 2 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Delray Beach sits at about 15 ft (5 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
15 ft 5 m
most residents: 9–18 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Atlantic Ocean
Highest
45 ft 14 m
on the northwest side
Average
14 ft 4 m
all land inside city limits

Delray Beach spans about 45 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

Under 1% of Delray Beach's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 2% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
15 ft5 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
45 ft14 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Atlantic Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Delray Beach
19 ft6 m
Airport (DJT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi north of the city limits
20 ft6 m
Average of all land14 ft4 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delray Beach, Florida, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 45 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States
Population
70,140 2024 est.
Land area
15.9 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
4,400 per sq mi
Coordinates
26.4615° N, 80.0728° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
President Donald J Trump International (DJT) 20 ft
ZIP codes 3
33444 33445 33483
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. San Castle17 ft
  2. Golf15 ft
  3. Delray Beach15 ft
  4. Boynton Beach13 ft
  5. Boca Raton12 ft
  6. Gulf Stream7 ft
  7. Manalapan6 ft
  8. Ocean Ridge6 ft
  9. Hypoluxo5 ft
  10. Highland Beach4 ft
  11. Briny Breezes3 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −1 ft at 26.4399° N, 80.0671° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.