Beautiful Loxahatchee Groves

Loxahatchee Groves isn't for everyone. But for those who respect God's natural beauty, peace and quiet, animals, land of their own to roam on, respect for individuals and minding one's own business, Loxahatchee is probably one of the nicest communities in Florida.

More than 15,000 residents live in the Loxahatchee area and average family income is about $65,000 per year.

Loxahatchee has been around for years, one of Palm Beach County's best kept secrets. But it's a secret no longer and families have been grabbing up most of the available acreage for home and farms of 5-acres or more.

It's a country community and most families keep horses or other farm animals on their property. There are virtually no regulations to tell you how to live or what color to paint your home. You can build whatever you please, as long as it is safe and meets construction standards.

Where just a few years ago buyers could pick up a 5-acre Loxahatchee lot for around $50,000, the same lot now would cost about $500,000 or more today, based largely on how close it is to a paved road and to major roads such as State Road 80 (Southern Blvd.) and Okeechobee Blvd. Two-acre are selling for about $250,000 and are hard to find. 1-acre lots in the nearby Acreage are currently selling for around $200,000 or more.

But if your dream is a large piece of land in Loxahatchee or The Acreage (which is north and east of Loxahatchee, you had better make plans to buy soon!

Loxahatchee is west of Royal Palm Beach and north of Wellington. So shopping, restaurants, entertainment, movies, etc. are within a 15-minute drive.

You'll find almost no commercialization in Loxahatchee except for two new supermarkets and a couple of feed stores. Many have tried to build stores and businesses in Loxahatchee but so far have been unsuccessful in getting permission from the county, unless the business is farm/animal related.

Loxahatchee is an unincorporated area of Palm Beach County, and is supplied with police and fire protection by the county.

Most of its schools are new and as good as any in the area.

It is just down the road a bit from the Wellington Green super-mall which opened in October 2001 as one of the largest fully enclosed malls in Florida. With at least five major department store anchors, hundreds of shops, restaurants, office buildings and a hotel, Wellington Green has already begun to increase property values in the village as well as its neighbors, Wellington, Loxahatchee and The Acreage.