Work & commute · Grant-Valkaria

Work & commute in Grant-Valkaria, FL

Most working residents leave Grant-Valkaria for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Melbourne (21%), Palm Bay (20%) and Rockledge (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

59 of 2,035 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,976 Grant-Valkaria residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 543 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grant-Valkaria.

1,976live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

543work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grant-Valkaria goes to work

Melbourne13.5 mi away

21%419

Palm Bay6.2 mi away

20%408

Rockledge28.7 mi away

5%92

West Melbourne9.8 mi away

3%66

Grant-Valkaria (in town)right here

3%59

Malabar3.8 mi away

3%55

Orlando59.2 mi away

2%46

Sebastian11.9 mi away

2%36

Tampa116.5 mi away

1%25

Jacksonville178.6 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%805

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

How far

How far Grant-Valkaria commutes

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

31%

32%

10%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grant-Valkaria is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grant-Valkaria are

602 jobs are based in Grant-Valkaria. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grant-Valkaria’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grant-Valkaria

602 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Grant-Valkaria residents hold

2,035 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+32%

Jobs based in Grant-Valkaria, 2013 → 2023: 455 → 602. 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.