Work & commute · Pahokee

Work & commute in Pahokee, FL

Most working residents leave Pahokee for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Palm Springs (8%), West Palm Beach (8%) and Belle Glade (8%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

241 of 2,132 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,891 Pahokee residents head out of town to work, 241 work right here, and 724 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pahokee.

1,891live here, work elsewhere

241live and work here

724work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pahokee goes to work

Pahokee (in town)right here

11%241

Palm Springs37 mi away

8%179

West Palm Beach33.4 mi away

8%177

Belle Glade8.8 mi away

8%161

Clewiston17.7 mi away

4%75

Fort Lauderdale56.7 mi away

3%63

Miami77.5 mi away

2%42

Boca Raton46.5 mi away

2%39

South Bay10.2 mi away

2%36

Deerfield Beach48.3 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,089

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

How far

How far Pahokee commutes

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

21%

11%

38%

31%

21%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pahokee is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pahokee are

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

Jobs based in Pahokee

965 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Pahokee residents hold

2,132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+54%

Jobs based in Pahokee, 2013 → 2023: 625 → 965. 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.