Work & commute · The Acreage

Work & commute in The Acreage, FL

Most working residents leave The Acreage for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are West Palm Beach (13%), Palm Springs (5%) and Palm Beach Gardens (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,061 of 20,870 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 19,809 The Acreage residents head out of town to work, 1,061 work right here, and 4,573 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in The Acreage.

19,809live here, work elsewhere

1,061live and work here

4,573work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where The Acreage goes to work

West Palm Beach9.5 mi away

13%2,620

The Acreage (in town)right here

5%1,061

Palm Springs14.6 mi away

5%1,012

Palm Beach Gardens8.5 mi away

5%962

Riviera Beach12.4 mi away

3%709

Boca Raton29.9 mi away

3%694

Royal Palm Beach6 mi away

3%681

Wellington8.7 mi away

3%679

Jupiter14 mi away

3%574

Fort Lauderdale44.5 mi away

2%478

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%11,400

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

How far

How far The Acreage commutes

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

20%

46%

19%

16%

20%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

The Acreage is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in The Acreage are

5,634 jobs are based in The Acreage. Here is what they are, next to the jobs The Acreage’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in The Acreage

5,634 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs The Acreage residents hold

20,870 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+156%

Jobs based in The Acreage, 2013 → 2023: 2,205 → 5,634. 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.