Work & commute · Melbourne Beach

Work & commute in Melbourne Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Melbourne Beach for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Melbourne (23%), Palm Bay (11%) and Orlando (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

93 of 1,223 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,130 Melbourne Beach residents head out of town to work, 93 work right here, and 528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Melbourne Beach.

1,130live here, work elsewhere

93live and work here

528work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Melbourne Beach goes to work

Melbourne7 mi away

23%283

Palm Bay10.1 mi away

11%133

Melbourne Beach (in town)right here

8%93

Orlando54.2 mi away

4%44

Indialantic1.4 mi away

4%43

Rockledge20.7 mi away

3%32

University53 mi away

2%21

West Melbourne6.1 mi away

2%19

Tampa117 mi away

1%18

Jacksonville170.3 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%521

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

How far

How far Melbourne Beach commutes

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

52%

12%

33%

52%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Melbourne Beach is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Melbourne Beach are

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

Jobs based in Melbourne Beach

621 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Melbourne Beach residents hold

1,223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+66%

Jobs based in Melbourne Beach, 2013 → 2023: 374 → 621. 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.