Work & commute · Satellite Beach

Work & commute in Satellite Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Satellite Beach for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Melbourne (19%), Palm Bay (11%) and Rockledge (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

272 of 4,624 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,352 Satellite Beach residents head out of town to work, 272 work right here, and 1,468 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Satellite Beach.

4,352live here, work elsewhere

272live and work here

1,468work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Satellite Beach goes to work

Melbourne6.1 mi away

19%898

Palm Bay16 mi away

11%491

Satellite Beach (in town)right here

6%272

Rockledge13 mi away

5%224

Orlando48.5 mi away

4%187

Indian Harbour Beach1.5 mi away

3%125

West Melbourne9.6 mi away

2%113

Cocoa Beach10.5 mi away

2%105

Merritt Island10.2 mi away

2%75

Jacksonville162.2 mi away

1%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,071

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

How far

How far Satellite Beach commutes

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

41%

24%

28%

41%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Satellite Beach is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Satellite Beach are

1,740 jobs are based in Satellite Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Satellite Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Satellite Beach

1,740 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Satellite Beach residents hold

4,624 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−12%

Jobs based in Satellite Beach, 2013 → 2023: 1,983 → 1,740. 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.