Work & commute · South Patrick Shores

Work & commute in South Patrick Shores, FL

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

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

128 of 2,580 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,452 South Patrick Shores residents head out of town to work, 128 work right here, and 437 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Patrick Shores.

2,452live here, work elsewhere

128live and work here

437work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Patrick Shores goes to work

Melbourne7.2 mi away

16%422

Palm Bay17.5 mi away

9%228

South Patrick Shores (in town)right here

5%128

Orlando47.2 mi away

5%121

Rockledge11.3 mi away

5%120

Satellite Beach1.8 mi away

4%94

Indian Harbour Beach3.2 mi away

2%58

Cocoa Beach8.8 mi away

2%58

West Melbourne10.9 mi away

2%50

Jacksonville160.4 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,258

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

How far

How far South Patrick Shores commutes

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

41%

23%

29%

41%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Patrick Shores is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Patrick Shores are

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

Jobs based in South Patrick Shores

565 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs South Patrick Shores residents hold

2,580 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+82%

Jobs based in South Patrick Shores, 2013 → 2023: 311 → 565. 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.