Work & commute · Ocean Ridge

Work & commute in Ocean Ridge, FL

Most working residents leave Ocean Ridge for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Boca Raton (9%), West Palm Beach (8%) and Delray Beach (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 575 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 560 Ocean Ridge residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 333 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ocean Ridge.

560live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

333work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ocean Ridge goes to work

Boca Raton11.6 mi away

9%51

West Palm Beach15.6 mi away

8%47

Delray Beach5.8 mi away

8%45

Boynton Beach2.1 mi away

7%39

Fort Lauderdale27.6 mi away

6%33

Gulf Stream3.2 mi away

3%17

Palm Springs7.9 mi away

3%16

Ocean Ridge (in town)right here

3%15

Riviera Beach17.4 mi away

2%11

Miami53.2 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%290

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

How far

How far Ocean Ridge commutes

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

33%

34%

13%

20%

33%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ocean Ridge is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ocean Ridge are

348 jobs are based in Ocean Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ocean Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ocean Ridge

348 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Ocean Ridge residents hold

575 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+41%

Jobs based in Ocean Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 348. 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.