Work & commute · Fort Pierce

Work & commute in Fort Pierce, FL

About one in 4 of Fort Pierce’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Port St. Lucie (8%), Stuart (3%) and Vero Beach (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

4,762 of 19,770 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 15,008 Fort Pierce residents head out of town to work, 4,762 work right here, and 26,583 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Pierce.

15,008live here, work elsewhere

4,762live and work here

26,583work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Pierce goes to work

Fort Pierce (in town)right here

24%4,762

Port St. Lucie10.4 mi away

8%1,586

Stuart17.1 mi away

3%646

Vero Beach15.6 mi away

2%477

West Palm Beach48.9 mi away

2%461

Palm Beach Gardens41.3 mi away

1%250

Boca Raton74.4 mi away

1%241

Orlando93.8 mi away

1%232

Jupiter37.5 mi away

1%231

Fort Lauderdale89.6 mi away

1%229

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%10,655

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

How far

How far Fort Pierce commutes

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

38%

18%

36%

38%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Pierce is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Pierce are

31,345 jobs are based in Fort Pierce. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Pierce’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Pierce

31,345 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Fort Pierce residents hold

19,770 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+29%

Jobs based in Fort Pierce, 2013 → 2023: 24,373 → 31,345. 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.