Work & commute · Riviera Beach

Work & commute in Riviera Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Riviera Beach for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are West Palm Beach (16%), Palm Beach Gardens (8%) and Palm Springs (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,414 of 15,593 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,179 Riviera Beach residents head out of town to work, 1,414 work right here, and 20,919 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riviera Beach.

14,179live here, work elsewhere

1,414live and work here

20,919work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riviera Beach goes to work

West Palm Beach4 mi away

16%2,548

Riviera Beach (in town)right here

9%1,414

Palm Beach Gardens7.3 mi away

8%1,217

Palm Springs10.2 mi away

5%774

Jupiter10 mi away

4%648

Lake Park1.4 mi away

2%343

Boca Raton28.4 mi away

2%343

Fort Lauderdale44.4 mi away

2%315

Palm Beach6.3 mi away

2%264

Royal Palm Beach10.9 mi away

1%196

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%7,531

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

How far

How far Riviera Beach commutes

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

54%

14%

12%

20%

54%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riviera Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Riviera Beach are

22,333 jobs are based in Riviera Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riviera Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Riviera Beach

22,333 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Riviera Beach residents hold

15,593 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+28%

Jobs based in Riviera Beach, 2013 → 2023: 17,514 → 22,333. 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.