Work & commute · Tequesta

Work & commute in Tequesta, FL

Most working residents leave Tequesta for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Jupiter (16%), West Palm Beach (9%) and Palm Beach Gardens (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

168 of 2,434 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,266 Tequesta residents head out of town to work, 168 work right here, and 2,859 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tequesta.

2,266live here, work elsewhere

168live and work here

2,859work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tequesta goes to work

Jupiter3.1 mi away

16%382

West Palm Beach15.2 mi away

9%214

Tequesta (in town)right here

7%168

Palm Beach Gardens8.7 mi away

7%165

Palm Springs22.8 mi away

4%102

Juno Beach7 mi away

3%77

Riviera Beach12.9 mi away

3%61

North Palm Beach10.6 mi away

2%53

Boca Raton41.1 mi away

2%47

Fort Lauderdale56.9 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,122

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

How far

How far Tequesta commutes

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

38%

31%

24%

38%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tequesta is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tequesta are

3,027 jobs are based in Tequesta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tequesta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tequesta

3,027 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Tequesta residents hold

2,434 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+47%

Jobs based in Tequesta, 2013 → 2023: 2,056 → 3,027. 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.