Palm Beach County’s cheapest public cemetery to be buried in is now tied for the most expensive after recent fee hikes of nearly 800%.
An adult-sized grave for Boynton Beach residents now costs $2,500 in either of its two municipal cemeteries after city commissioners on May 5 approved their first price increases in more than 20 years amid skyrocketing maintenance costs and expansion plans for the final resting places.
Before May 5, 4-foot-by-9-foot graves each cost $525 in Boynton Beach Memorial Park and $325 in Sara Sims Memorial Park. Infant lots’ prices, which were $75 to $100, now cost $500. Crypt prices at the Memorial Park mausoleum remain unchanged, with the cheapest priced at $2,750.
What does a Boynton Beach cemetery plot cost? More than other Palm Beach County cities
The cheapest final resting place in Boynton Beach now costs the same as an adult-sized grave in Boca Raton’s municipal cemetery. West Palm Beach charges $1,000 for residents and $2,000 for nonresidents. Lake Worth Beach charges $950 for residents and $1,900 for nonresidents. Delray Beach’s cemetery is full…