Work & commute · Boynton Beach

Work & commute in Boynton Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Boynton Beach for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Boca Raton (12%), Delray Beach (9%) and West Palm Beach (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

3,875 of 34,117 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30,242 Boynton Beach residents head out of town to work, 3,875 work right here, and 27,879 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boynton Beach.

30,242live here, work elsewhere

3,875live and work here

27,879work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boynton Beach goes to work

Boca Raton10.9 mi away

12%4,085

Boynton Beach (in town)right here

11%3,875

Delray Beach4.9 mi away

9%2,953

West Palm Beach15.4 mi away

7%2,327

Palm Springs7.6 mi away

4%1,475

Fort Lauderdale27 mi away

3%963

Deerfield Beach15.1 mi away

2%653

Miami52.5 mi away

2%514

Pompano Beach20 mi away

1%497

Lake Worth Beach6.6 mi away

1%427

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%16,348

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

How far

How far Boynton Beach commutes

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

42%

32%

11%

15%

42%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boynton Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boynton Beach are

31,754 jobs are based in Boynton Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boynton Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boynton Beach

31,754 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Boynton Beach residents hold

34,117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+21%

Jobs based in Boynton Beach, 2013 → 2023: 26,330 → 31,754. 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.