Work & commute · Florida Ridge

Work & commute in Florida Ridge, FL

Most working residents leave Florida Ridge for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Vero Beach (17%), Fort Pierce (7%) and Vero Beach South (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

560 of 9,088 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,528 Florida Ridge residents head out of town to work, 560 work right here, and 2,963 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Florida Ridge.

8,528live here, work elsewhere

560live and work here

2,963work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Florida Ridge goes to work

Vero Beach4.5 mi away

17%1,581

Fort Pierce11.1 mi away

7%611

Florida Ridge (in town)right here

6%560

Vero Beach South3 mi away

5%499

Port St. Lucie20.9 mi away

3%261

West Vero Corridor7.1 mi away

2%219

Melbourne40.3 mi away

1%118

Stuart28.1 mi away

1%108

Fort Lauderdale100.6 mi away

1%106

Sebastian14.9 mi away

1%98

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%4,927

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

How far

How far Florida Ridge commutes

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

49%

12%

31%

49%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Florida Ridge is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Florida Ridge are

3,523 jobs are based in Florida Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Florida Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Florida Ridge

3,523 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Florida Ridge residents hold

9,088 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+57%

Jobs based in Florida Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 2,245 → 3,523. 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.