Work & commute · Stuart

Work & commute in Stuart, FL

About one in 4 of Stuart’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Port St. Lucie (5%), Jupiter (3%) and West Palm Beach (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

1,668 of 6,994 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 5,326 Stuart residents head out of town to work, 1,668 work right here, and 27,583 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stuart.

5,326live here, work elsewhere

1,668live and work here

27,583work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stuart goes to work

Stuart (in town)right here

24%1,668

Port St. Lucie10.7 mi away

5%336

Jupiter20.5 mi away

3%206

West Palm Beach31.9 mi away

3%206

Fort Pierce17.1 mi away

3%192

Jensen Beach3.4 mi away

3%182

Palm City3 mi away

2%157

Palm Beach Gardens24.4 mi away

2%148

Orlando110.1 mi away

1%104

Fort Lauderdale73.1 mi away

1%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%3,711

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

How far

How far Stuart commutes

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

44%

13%

29%

44%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stuart is a job hub

4.18jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Stuart are

29,251 jobs are based in Stuart. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stuart’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stuart

29,251 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Stuart residents hold

6,994 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+31%

Jobs based in Stuart, 2013 → 2023: 22,313 → 29,251. 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.