Work & commute · Gulf Stream

Work & commute in Gulf Stream, FL

Most working residents leave Gulf Stream for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Delray Beach (14%), Boynton Beach (10%) and Boca Raton (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 289 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 283 Gulf Stream residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 405 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gulf Stream.

283live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

405work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gulf Stream goes to work

Delray Beach2.9 mi away

14%40

Boynton Beach3.2 mi away

10%30

Boca Raton8.4 mi away

10%29

West Palm Beach18.4 mi away

4%11

Fort Lauderdale24.5 mi away

3%10

Pompano Beach17.5 mi away

3%9

Gulf Stream (in town)right here

2%6

Ocean Ridge3.2 mi away

2%6

Wellington17.2 mi away

2%6

Palm Beach14.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%137

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

How far

How far Gulf Stream commutes

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

43%

29%

11%

17%

43%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gulf Stream is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gulf Stream are

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

Jobs based in Gulf Stream

411 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Gulf Stream residents hold

289 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+13%

Jobs based in Gulf Stream, 2013 → 2023: 363 → 411. 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.