Work & commute · Hobe Sound

Work & commute in Hobe Sound, FL

Most working residents leave Hobe Sound for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Stuart (9%), Jupiter (9%) and Palm Beach Gardens (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

489 of 5,351 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,862 Hobe Sound residents head out of town to work, 489 work right here, and 2,404 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hobe Sound.

4,862live here, work elsewhere

489live and work here

2,404work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hobe Sound goes to work

Hobe Sound (in town)right here

9%489

Stuart10.4 mi away

9%484

Jupiter10.7 mi away

9%484

Palm Beach Gardens15.7 mi away

4%237

West Palm Beach22.8 mi away

4%189

Port St. Lucie20.7 mi away

2%124

Riviera Beach20.7 mi away

2%98

Tequesta7.8 mi away

2%91

Port Salerno5.6 mi away

2%81

Palm City11.5 mi away

2%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,993

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

How far

How far Hobe Sound commutes

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

31%

32%

11%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hobe Sound is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hobe Sound are

2,893 jobs are based in Hobe Sound. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hobe Sound’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hobe Sound

2,893 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Hobe Sound residents hold

5,351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+34%

Jobs based in Hobe Sound, 2013 → 2023: 2,165 → 2,893. 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.