Work & commute · Lake Worth Beach

Work & commute in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Lake Worth Beach for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are West Palm Beach (12%), Palm Springs (5%) and Boca Raton (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

992 of 15,373 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 14,381 Lake Worth Beach residents head out of town to work, 992 work right here, and 8,114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Worth Beach.

14,381live here, work elsewhere

992live and work here

8,114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Worth Beach goes to work

West Palm Beach9.6 mi away

12%1,807

Lake Worth Beach (in town)right here

6%992

Palm Springs2.7 mi away

5%802

Boca Raton17.4 mi away

5%753

Boynton Beach6.6 mi away

5%704

Delray Beach11.5 mi away

3%520

Palm Beach5.3 mi away

3%513

Riviera Beach11.2 mi away

2%381

Palm Beach Gardens17.2 mi away

2%345

Fort Lauderdale33.5 mi away

2%291

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%8,265

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

How far

How far Lake Worth Beach commutes

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

46%

25%

11%

18%

46%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Worth Beach is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Worth Beach are

9,106 jobs are based in Lake Worth Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Worth Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Worth Beach

9,106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lake Worth Beach residents hold

15,373 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+10%

Jobs based in Lake Worth Beach, 2013 → 2023: 8,248 → 9,106. 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.