Work & commute · Gifford

Work & commute in Gifford, FL

Most working residents leave Gifford for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Vero Beach (17%), Fort Pierce (4%) and Vero Beach South (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76 of 2,499 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,423 Gifford residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 841 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gifford.

2,423live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

841work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gifford goes to work

Vero Beach2.8 mi away

17%426

Fort Pierce18 mi away

4%104

Vero Beach South4.4 mi away

4%94

Gifford (in town)right here

3%76

Florida Ridge6.9 mi away

3%67

West Vero Corridor4.5 mi away

3%63

Sebastian8 mi away

2%54

Fort Lauderdale107.4 mi away

2%50

Palm Bay24.2 mi away

2%47

Port St. Lucie27.4 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,474

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

How far

How far Gifford commutes

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

45%

10%

35%

45%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gifford is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gifford are

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

Jobs based in Gifford

917 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Gifford residents hold

2,499 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−3%

Jobs based in Gifford, 2013 → 2023: 943 → 917. 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.