Work & commute · Jensen Beach

Work & commute in Jensen Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Jensen Beach for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Stuart (21%), Port St. Lucie (6%) and Fort Pierce (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

412 of 5,219 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,807 Jensen Beach residents head out of town to work, 412 work right here, and 4,167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jensen Beach.

4,807live here, work elsewhere

412live and work here

4,167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jensen Beach goes to work

Stuart3.4 mi away

21%1,122

Jensen Beach (in town)right here

8%412

Port St. Lucie9.4 mi away

6%319

Fort Pierce14 mi away

4%221

West Palm Beach35.2 mi away

3%148

Jupiter23.6 mi away

2%130

Palm City5.5 mi away

2%127

Palm Beach Gardens27.7 mi away

2%88

Hutchinson Island South4.4 mi away

1%60

Orlando107.5 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,536

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

How far

How far Jensen Beach commutes

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

48%

13%

26%

48%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jensen Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jensen Beach are

4,579 jobs are based in Jensen Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jensen Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jensen Beach

4,579 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Jensen Beach residents hold

5,219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+63%

Jobs based in Jensen Beach, 2013 → 2023: 2,814 → 4,579. 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.