Work & commute · Rockledge

Work & commute in Rockledge, FL

Most working residents leave Rockledge for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Melbourne (9%), Palm Bay (6%) and Cocoa (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,509 of 11,918 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 10,409 Rockledge residents head out of town to work, 1,509 work right here, and 15,003 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockledge.

10,409live here, work elsewhere

1,509live and work here

15,003work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockledge goes to work

Rockledge (in town)right here

13%1,509

Melbourne15.3 mi away

9%1,048

Palm Bay25.7 mi away

6%743

Cocoa4.1 mi away

5%582

Orlando37 mi away

4%464

Merritt Island3.9 mi away

4%461

Cocoa Beach6.7 mi away

3%312

Titusville18.1 mi away

3%299

Viera West5.3 mi away

2%294

Cape Canaveral9.5 mi away

2%218

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%5,988

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

How far

How far Rockledge commutes

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

38%

23%

16%

22%

38%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockledge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockledge are

16,512 jobs are based in Rockledge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockledge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockledge

16,512 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Rockledge residents hold

11,918 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+98%

Jobs based in Rockledge, 2013 → 2023: 8,338 → 16,512. 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.