Work & commute · Boca Raton

Work & commute in Boca Raton, FL

About one in 3 of Boca Raton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Lauderdale (6%), Deerfield Beach (5%) and Delray Beach (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

11,346 of 35,095 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,749 Boca Raton residents head out of town to work, 11,346 work right here, and 95,587 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boca Raton.

23,749live here, work elsewhere

11,346live and work here

95,587work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boca Raton goes to work

Boca Raton (in town)right here

32%11,346

Fort Lauderdale16.1 mi away

6%2,171

Deerfield Beach4.3 mi away

5%1,599

Delray Beach5.9 mi away

5%1,587

Pompano Beach9.1 mi away

3%1,194

West Palm Beach25.9 mi away

2%728

Boynton Beach10.9 mi away

2%676

Palm Springs18.3 mi away

2%629

Miami41.7 mi away

2%625

Coral Springs11.9 mi away

1%490

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%14,050

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

How far

How far Boca Raton commutes

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

53%

22%

12%

13%

53%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boca Raton is a job hub

3.05jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Boca Raton are

106,933 jobs are based in Boca Raton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boca Raton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boca Raton

106,933 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Boca Raton residents hold

35,095 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+22%

Jobs based in Boca Raton, 2013 → 2023: 87,400 → 106,933. 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.