Work & commute · Belle Glade

Work & commute in Belle Glade, FL

Most working residents leave Belle Glade for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are West Palm Beach (8%), Palm Springs (7%) and South Bay (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

983 of 6,603 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,620 Belle Glade residents head out of town to work, 983 work right here, and 3,606 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belle Glade.

5,620live here, work elsewhere

983live and work here

3,606work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belle Glade goes to work

Belle Glade (in town)right here

15%983

West Palm Beach33.5 mi away

8%534

Palm Springs35.3 mi away

7%432

South Bay4.3 mi away

4%260

Clewiston17.4 mi away

2%157

Fort Lauderdale49.8 mi away

2%146

Pahokee8.8 mi away

2%127

Riviera Beach36.9 mi away

2%104

Miami69.4 mi away

2%103

Boca Raton41.3 mi away

1%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%3,664

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Belle Glade commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

30%

43%

22%

30%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belle Glade is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Belle Glade are

4,589 jobs are based in Belle Glade. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belle Glade’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belle Glade

4,589 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Belle Glade residents hold

6,603 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+25%

Jobs based in Belle Glade, 2013 → 2023: 3,666 → 4,589. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.