Work & commute · Deerfield Beach

Work & commute in Deerfield Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Deerfield Beach for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Boca Raton (12%), Fort Lauderdale (10%) and Pompano Beach (9%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

3,939 of 31,973 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28,034 Deerfield Beach residents head out of town to work, 3,939 work right here, and 40,056 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deerfield Beach.

28,034live here, work elsewhere

3,939live and work here

40,056work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deerfield Beach goes to work

Deerfield Beach (in town)right here

12%3,939

Boca Raton4.3 mi away

12%3,931

Fort Lauderdale11.9 mi away

10%3,161

Pompano Beach4.9 mi away

9%2,739

Sunrise12.8 mi away

4%1,164

Coral Springs8.8 mi away

3%879

Miami37.4 mi away

3%831

Delray Beach10.2 mi away

2%774

Coconut Creek4.2 mi away

2%664

Oakland Park9.3 mi away

2%493

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%13,398

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

How far

How far Deerfield Beach commutes

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

52%

24%

13%

12%

52%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deerfield Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Deerfield Beach are

43,995 jobs are based in Deerfield Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deerfield Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Deerfield Beach

43,995 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Deerfield Beach residents hold

31,973 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+32%

Jobs based in Deerfield Beach, 2013 → 2023: 33,298 → 43,995. 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.