Work & commute · North River Shores

Work & commute in North River Shores, FL

Most working residents leave North River Shores for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Stuart (23%), Port St. Lucie (6%) and Jensen Beach (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 1,434 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,402 North River Shores residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 770 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North River Shores.

1,402live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

770work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North River Shores goes to work

Stuart2 mi away

23%334

Port St. Lucie8.6 mi away

6%91

Jensen Beach2.6 mi away

4%64

Fort Pierce15.3 mi away

3%44

West Palm Beach33.6 mi away

3%39

Jupiter22.3 mi away

2%35

Palm City2.9 mi away

2%34

North River Shores (in town)right here

2%32

Palm Beach Gardens26.1 mi away

2%25

Orlando108.1 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%716

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

How far

How far North River Shores commutes

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

53%

10%

12%

25%

53%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North River Shores is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North River Shores are

802 jobs are based in North River Shores. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North River Shores’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North River Shores

802 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs North River Shores residents hold

1,434 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+47%

Jobs based in North River Shores, 2013 → 2023: 544 → 802. 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.