Work & commute · Lake Park

Work & commute in Lake Park, FL

Most working residents leave Lake Park for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are West Palm Beach (14%), Palm Beach Gardens (10%) and Riviera Beach (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

209 of 4,188 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,979 Lake Park residents head out of town to work, 209 work right here, and 5,076 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Park.

3,979live here, work elsewhere

209live and work here

5,076work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Park goes to work

West Palm Beach5.3 mi away

14%606

Palm Beach Gardens7 mi away

10%436

Riviera Beach1.4 mi away

7%280

Jupiter8.9 mi away

6%236

Lake Park (in town)right here

5%209

Palm Springs11.5 mi away

3%146

North Palm Beach1.5 mi away

3%114

Palm Beach7.4 mi away

2%92

Fort Lauderdale45.8 mi away

2%79

Boca Raton29.7 mi away

2%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,922

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

How far

How far Lake Park commutes

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

54%

18%

11%

18%

54%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Park is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Park are

5,285 jobs are based in Lake Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Park

5,285 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Lake Park residents hold

4,188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+17%

Jobs based in Lake Park, 2013 → 2023: 4,516 → 5,285. 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.