Work & commute · Okeechobee

Work & commute in Okeechobee, FL

About one in 4 of Okeechobee’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Port St. Lucie (3%), Fort Pierce (3%) and Stuart (2%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

528 of 2,021 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,493 Okeechobee residents head out of town to work, 528 work right here, and 5,201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Okeechobee.

1,493live here, work elsewhere

528live and work here

5,201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Okeechobee goes to work

Okeechobee (in town)right here

26%528

Port St. Lucie27.2 mi away

3%65

Fort Pierce32.5 mi away

3%56

Stuart36.1 mi away

2%31

Orlando90.2 mi away

1%30

Fort Lauderdale86.9 mi away

1%27

Palm Bay50.3 mi away

1%22

Cypress Quarters1.7 mi away

1%21

West Palm Beach55.2 mi away

1%19

Tampa112.5 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,204

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

How far

How far Okeechobee commutes

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

39%

20%

38%

39%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Okeechobee is a job hub

2.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Okeechobee are

5,729 jobs are based in Okeechobee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Okeechobee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Okeechobee

5,729 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Okeechobee residents hold

2,021 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+22%

Jobs based in Okeechobee, 2013 → 2023: 4,684 → 5,729. 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.