Work & commute · Wabasso Beach

Work & commute in Wabasso Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Wabasso Beach for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Vero Beach (14%), Melbourne (4%) and Windsor (3%). Half commute less than 71 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 509 working residents

Typical commute

71 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 493 Wabasso Beach residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wabasso Beach.

493live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

222work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wabasso Beach goes to work

Vero Beach7.4 mi away

14%70

Melbourne29.5 mi away

4%22

Wabasso Beach (in town)right here

3%16

Windsor2.5 mi away

3%14

Fort Lauderdale112.5 mi away

2%10

Orchid2.1 mi away

2%9

Fort Pierce22.9 mi away

2%8

Tampa127.7 mi away

2%8

Orlando75.1 mi away

2%8

West Palm Beach71.6 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%336

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

How far

How far Wabasso Beach commutes

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

30%

54%

30%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wabasso Beach is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wabasso Beach are

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

Jobs based in Wabasso Beach

238 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Wabasso Beach residents hold

509 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+47%

Jobs based in Wabasso Beach, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 238. 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.