Work & commute · Vero Beach

Work & commute in Vero Beach, FL

About one in 4 of Vero Beach’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Vero Beach South (5%), Fort Pierce (4%) and Florida Ridge (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

1,687 of 6,498 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,811 Vero Beach residents head out of town to work, 1,687 work right here, and 16,240 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vero Beach.

4,811live here, work elsewhere

1,687live and work here

16,240work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vero Beach goes to work

Vero Beach (in town)right here

26%1,687

Vero Beach South2.8 mi away

5%308

Fort Pierce15.6 mi away

4%235

Florida Ridge4.5 mi away

3%181

Indian River Shores4.3 mi away

2%129

Port St. Lucie25.3 mi away

2%126

Melbourne36 mi away

2%124

West Vero Corridor5.5 mi away

2%112

Sebastian10.6 mi away

2%101

South Beach6 mi away

1%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%3,415

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

How far

How far Vero Beach commutes

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

49%

10%

32%

49%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vero Beach is a job hub

2.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vero Beach are

17,927 jobs are based in Vero Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vero Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vero Beach

17,927 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Vero Beach residents hold

6,498 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+22%

Jobs based in Vero Beach, 2013 → 2023: 14,649 → 17,927. 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.