Work & commute · River Park

Work & commute in River Park, FL

Most working residents leave River Park for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Port St. Lucie (15%), Fort Pierce (13%) and Stuart (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 2,673 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,646 River Park residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 660 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in River Park.

2,646live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

660work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where River Park goes to work

Port St. Lucie4.5 mi away

15%412

Fort Pierce7.1 mi away

13%352

Stuart10.4 mi away

8%220

West Palm Beach41.9 mi away

2%63

Vero Beach22.7 mi away

1%40

Palm Beach Gardens34.3 mi away

1%36

Jensen Beach7.8 mi away

1%35

Palm City10.4 mi away

1%34

Jupiter30.7 mi away

1%33

Boca Raton67.3 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,417

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

How far

How far River Park commutes

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

40%

19%

12%

29%

40%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

River Park is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in River Park are

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

Jobs based in River Park

687 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs River Park residents hold

2,673 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+14%

Jobs based in River Park, 2013 → 2023: 603 → 687. 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.