Work & commute · Lighthouse Point

Work & commute in Lighthouse Point, FL

Most working residents leave Lighthouse Point for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Pompano Beach (12%), Boca Raton (12%) and Fort Lauderdale (11%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

262 of 4,186 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 3,924 Lighthouse Point residents head out of town to work, 262 work right here, and 2,313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lighthouse Point.

3,924live here, work elsewhere

262live and work here

2,313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lighthouse Point goes to work

Pompano Beach3.9 mi away

12%518

Boca Raton6.5 mi away

12%508

Fort Lauderdale10.2 mi away

11%480

Deerfield Beach3.4 mi away

8%316

Lighthouse Point (in town)right here

6%262

Sunrise13.2 mi away

3%116

Delray Beach12.3 mi away

3%110

Coral Springs10.8 mi away

3%109

Miami35.6 mi away

2%96

Coconut Creek6.1 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,591

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

How far

How far Lighthouse Point commutes

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

53%

24%

12%

11%

53%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lighthouse Point is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lighthouse Point are

2,575 jobs are based in Lighthouse Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lighthouse Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lighthouse Point

2,575 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Lighthouse Point residents hold

4,186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+19%

Jobs based in Lighthouse Point, 2013 → 2023: 2,171 → 2,575. 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.