Work & commute · Fellsmere

Work & commute in Fellsmere, FL

Most working residents leave Fellsmere for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Vero Beach (9%), Palm Bay (4%) and Sebastian (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

231 of 1,951 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,720 Fellsmere residents head out of town to work, 231 work right here, and 668 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fellsmere.

1,720live here, work elsewhere

231live and work here

668work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fellsmere goes to work

Fellsmere (in town)right here

12%231

Vero Beach14.2 mi away

9%168

Palm Bay16.5 mi away

4%72

Sebastian8.8 mi away

4%70

Vero Beach South13.9 mi away

3%55

Fort Pierce26.2 mi away

2%40

West Vero Corridor9.8 mi away

2%36

Melbourne27.1 mi away

2%35

Indian River Shores13.5 mi away

1%27

Orlando67.7 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,191

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

How far

How far Fellsmere commutes

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

22%

35%

34%

22%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fellsmere is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fellsmere are

899 jobs are based in Fellsmere. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fellsmere’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fellsmere

899 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Fellsmere residents hold

1,951 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+17%

Jobs based in Fellsmere, 2013 → 2023: 770 → 899. 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.