Tropic Isle
Delray Beach · Palm Beach County
Delray's premier deep-water boating community with no fixed bridges to the ocean.
Tropic Isle is a sought-after waterfront community on the Delray Beach/Boca border known for deep-water canal homes. Many properties offer private docks with direct Intracoastal access and no fixed bridges to the ocean. It is a favorite among serious boaters seeking large vessels and quick inlet access.
Featured in: South Florida Relocation Guide · Downtown Delray In-Town Living
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- Home type
- Single-family
- Recorded parcels
- 528
- Median asking price, all residential
- $4,599,000
- Listings, last two years
- 44
- Active for sale
- 8
Most listings describe: Waterfront
From county plat records and MLS listing data, refreshed weekly. HOA status reflects the share of recent sale listings that carry an association fee.
Tropic Isle in figures
34 recorded sales in the 12 months to August 2026, median $3.8M; 8 listings for sale now; 89.3 percent of listed homes checked are in flood zone AE.
For sale now
- Listings for sale now
- 8
- Median asking price, homes
- $7.4M
- Median asking price, all residential
- $7.4M
- Median asking price per square foot, all residential
- $1,260 per sq ft
MLS listing feed, listed now, as of November 11, 2026. active for-sale listings matched to this area
MLS listing feed, listed now, as of November 11, 2026. median of 8 priced homes (houses, townhomes, villas and mobile homes)
MLS listing feed, listed now, as of November 11, 2026. median of 8 priced listings
MLS listing feed, listed now, as of November 11, 2026. median of 8 listings with a price and a living area
Sales
- MLS closed sales, all residential, last 90 days
- 7
- Median MLS closed price, all residential, last 90 days
- $2.3M
- Recorded sales, all residential, 3 months
- 10
- Median recorded sale price, all residential, 3 months
- $3.2M
- Recorded sales, all residential, 12 months
- 34
- Median recorded sale price, all residential, 12 months
- $3.8M
- Median recorded price per square foot, all residential, 12 months
- $1,094 per sq ft
MLS listing feed, closed sales, last 90 days, as of October 13, 2026. closed sales with a reported close price
MLS listing feed, closed sales, last 90 days, as of October 13, 2026. median of 7 close prices
County property appraiser sales on the Florida tax roll, 3 months to August 2026, as of August 2026; September 2026 left out, the county roll is still recording that month: 648 sales against a usual 2,926. sales of this community's parcels the roll records in the window
County property appraiser sales on the Florida tax roll, 3 months to August 2026, as of August 2026; September 2026 left out, the county roll is still recording that month: 648 sales against a usual 2,926. median of 10 recorded sale prices
County property appraiser sales on the Florida tax roll, 12 months to August 2026, as of August 2026; September 2026 left out, the county roll is still recording that month: 648 sales against a usual 2,926. sales of this community's parcels the roll records in the window
County property appraiser sales on the Florida tax roll, 12 months to August 2026, as of August 2026; September 2026 left out, the county roll is still recording that month: 648 sales against a usual 2,926. median of 34 recorded sale prices
County property appraiser sales on the Florida tax roll, 12 months to August 2026, as of August 2026; September 2026 left out, the county roll is still recording that month: 648 sales against a usual 2,926. median of 31 recorded sales with a building size
Homes and owners
- Recorded parcels
- 528
- Median year built
- 1984
- Median lot size
- 0.2 acres
- Owner-occupied (homestead) parcels
- 64.8%
County property appraiser parcel list, current appraiser parcel list, as of November 12, 2026. parcels on the recorded plats
County property appraiser parcel records, current parcel records, as of October 26, 2026. median of 492 parcels with a year built
County property appraiser parcel records, current parcel records, as of October 26, 2026. median of 518 parcels with a lot size, condo parcels left out
County property appraiser parcel list, current appraiser parcel list, as of November 12, 2026. share of 528 parcels carrying the appraiser's homestead flag
Flood and neighborhood
- Homes in a FEMA high-risk flood zone
- 89.3%
- Median flood insurance policy cost
- $2,100 a year
- Median household income
- $94,810
FEMA flood maps, checked at each listed home, current FEMA flood maps, as of November 1, 2026. 89.3 percent in zone AE, 10.7 percent in zone X. share of 28 listed homes whose location was checked against the FEMA maps, in an A or V zone
FEMA National Flood Insurance Program policy data, ZIP 33483, zone A, single-family policies effective October 27, 2025 to October 27, 2026, as of October 27, 2026. median of 1,255 policies, what owners paid, not a quote
U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, ACS 2019 to 2023, census tract 64.02, as of October 8, 2026. the Census median for census tract 64.02
Not available for Tropic Isle yet (2)
- Median asking price, condos: Not available, fewer than 5 priced condos to measure. (MLS listing feed, listed now)
- Parcels with a recorded mortgage: Not available, no recorded mortgage index is loaded for Palm Beach County. (County clerk recorded mortgages, recorded mortgages on file)
Built from the 8 recorded plats the county files under Tropic Isle, and the MLS listings in Delray Beach filed under a subdivision name that begins with "Tropic Isle" or places the home at it, or under one of its 22 directory spellings. A listing whose name fits two communities on this site is counted once, for the longer name. The community list on this site holds no boundary or parcel list, so membership comes from these names. Computed November 12, 2026. Medians need at least five homes, sales or policies behind them; anything with fewer reads not available.
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