Work & commute · Delray Beach

Work & commute in Delray Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Delray Beach for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Boca Raton (18%), Boynton Beach (6%) and West Palm Beach (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

4,387 of 26,399 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,012 Delray Beach residents head out of town to work, 4,387 work right here, and 31,334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delray Beach.

22,012live here, work elsewhere

4,387live and work here

31,334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delray Beach goes to work

Boca Raton5.9 mi away

18%4,698

Delray Beach (in town)right here

17%4,387

Boynton Beach4.9 mi away

6%1,474

West Palm Beach20.1 mi away

3%915

Deerfield Beach10.2 mi away

3%854

Fort Lauderdale22 mi away

3%845

Palm Springs12.4 mi away

3%681

Pompano Beach15 mi away

2%508

Miami47.6 mi away

2%442

Coral Springs16.5 mi away

1%261

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%11,334

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

How far

How far Delray Beach commutes

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

51%

24%

11%

14%

51%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delray Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Delray Beach are

35,721 jobs are based in Delray Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delray Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Delray Beach

35,721 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Delray Beach residents hold

26,399 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 month56%

+29%

Jobs based in Delray Beach, 2013 → 2023: 27,633 → 35,721. 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.