Work & commute · Watergate

Work & commute in Watergate, FL

Most working residents leave Watergate for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Boca Raton (12%), Fort Lauderdale (7%) and Deerfield Beach (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 1,373 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,361 Watergate residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Watergate.

1,361live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Watergate goes to work

Boca Raton7.2 mi away

12%159

Fort Lauderdale14.1 mi away

7%99

Deerfield Beach5.7 mi away

6%76

Coral Springs5.3 mi away

4%61

Pompano Beach8.1 mi away

4%58

Coconut Creek4.2 mi away

3%46

Palm Springs21.9 mi away

3%35

Delray Beach11.2 mi away

2%31

West Palm Beach28.8 mi away

2%30

Sunrise11.7 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%754

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

How far

How far Watergate commutes

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

48%

27%

14%

11%

48%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Watergate is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Watergate are

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

Jobs based in Watergate

115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Watergate residents hold

1,373 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+28%

Jobs based in Watergate, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 115. 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.