Work & commute · Greenacres

Work & commute in Greenacres, FL

Most working residents leave Greenacres for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are West Palm Beach (13%), Palm Springs (7%) and Boynton Beach (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

660 of 17,219 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 16,559 Greenacres residents head out of town to work, 660 work right here, and 6,419 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenacres.

16,559live here, work elsewhere

660live and work here

6,419work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenacres goes to work

West Palm Beach8.2 mi away

13%2,160

Palm Springs2.4 mi away

7%1,172

Boynton Beach7.7 mi away

4%736

Greenacres (in town)right here

4%660

Boca Raton17.8 mi away

3%591

Delray Beach12.2 mi away

3%537

Wellington8.2 mi away

3%528

Riviera Beach11.3 mi away

3%442

Palm Beach Gardens15.4 mi away

3%436

Lake Worth Beach4.8 mi away

2%390

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%9,567

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

How far

How far Greenacres commutes

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

52%

21%

10%

16%

52%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenacres is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenacres are

7,079 jobs are based in Greenacres. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenacres’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenacres

7,079 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Greenacres residents hold

17,219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+23%

Jobs based in Greenacres, 2013 → 2023: 5,738 → 7,079. 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.