Lantana

Lantana reads as the county's straightest shot at an old-Florida fishing town: Bicentennial Park on the Intracoastal, the 1880s barefoot-mailman history at the beach, the historic Key Lime House restaurant, and a fishing pier culture that predates the condos. Housing mixes mid-century single-family neighborhoods, modest condo communities, and a small band of waterfront trophy homes, with a genuinely mixed price spread across the town.

• Lantana Public Beach, about 800 feet of Atlantic shoreline with an ocean-view restaurant
• Bicentennial Park on the Intracoastal Waterway
• The historic Old Key Lime House, a waterfront dining landmark
• The Lantana Bridge and the fishing-pier culture around it
• Lake Worth Beach's casino boardwalk and Boynton's marina minutes away

I-95 serves Lantana with an interchange at Lantana Road, the Florida Turnpike is reachable via Lantana Road west, and Tri-Rail stops at the Lake Worth station just north. Federal Highway and U.S. 1 run the length of the town. West Palm Beach is about 20 minutes north and Boca Raton about 20 minutes south in normal traffic.

Intracoastal-front and beachfront blocks sit within FEMA-mapped flood zones, and flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages in Special Flood Hazard Areas. Premiums vary with elevation and flood history; verify each property with FEMA's Flood Map Service Center and an insurer before offering.

Lantana does not permit rentals of less than 30 days in its R-1 and R-1A single-family districts and has actively enforced against unlicensed short-term rentals, requiring a business tax receipt, a rental information card, and compliance with state licensing and county tourist taxes for transient units. Florida's 509.032 preemption creates a gray area around pre-2011 rules, so confirm the town's current ordinance before underwriting any rental under 30 days.