Work & commute · Indian River Estates

Work & commute in Indian River Estates, FL

Most working residents leave Indian River Estates for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Pierce (21%), Port St. Lucie (11%) and Stuart (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 2,956 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,902 Indian River Estates residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Indian River Estates.

2,902live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Indian River Estates goes to work

Fort Pierce5.6 mi away

21%606

Port St. Lucie7.6 mi away

11%320

Stuart11.5 mi away

7%206

West Palm Beach43.4 mi away

2%69

Indian River Estates (in town)right here

2%54

Vero Beach21 mi away

2%53

Jupiter32 mi away

2%47

Palm City12.3 mi away

1%40

Orlando99.3 mi away

1%39

Jensen Beach8.4 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,490

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

How far

How far Indian River Estates commutes

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

42%

20%

10%

27%

42%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Indian River Estates is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Indian River Estates are

230 jobs are based in Indian River Estates. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Indian River Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Indian River Estates

230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Indian River Estates residents hold

2,956 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+7%

Jobs based in Indian River Estates, 2013 → 2023: 214 → 230. 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.