Work & commute · South Beach

Work & commute in South Beach, FL

Most working residents leave South Beach for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Vero Beach (22%), Fort Pierce (4%) and Vero Beach South (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 1,108 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

47%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,022 South Beach residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 681 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Beach.

1,022live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

681work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Beach goes to work

Vero Beach6 mi away

22%248

South Beach (in town)right here

8%86

Fort Pierce10.5 mi away

4%41

Vero Beach South5.7 mi away

3%32

Orlando86.3 mi away

3%29

Melbourne41.9 mi away

2%25

Florida Ridge3 mi away

2%23

Port St. Lucie20.8 mi away

2%19

Fort Lauderdale99.9 mi away

1%15

Tampa133.6 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%575

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

How far

How far South Beach commutes

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

43%

41%

43%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Beach is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Beach are

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

Jobs based in South Beach

767 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs South Beach residents hold

1,108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+69%

Jobs based in South Beach, 2013 → 2023: 455 → 767. 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.