Work & commute · Wellington

Work & commute in Wellington, FL

Most working residents leave Wellington for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are West Palm Beach (11%), Palm Springs (6%) and Boca Raton (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

3,402 of 26,286 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,884 Wellington residents head out of town to work, 3,402 work right here, and 13,743 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellington.

22,884live here, work elsewhere

3,402live and work here

13,743work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellington goes to work

Wellington (in town)right here

13%3,402

West Palm Beach10.9 mi away

11%2,787

Palm Springs10.5 mi away

6%1,509

Boca Raton21.8 mi away

4%1,164

Palm Beach Gardens15.1 mi away

3%758

Royal Palm Beach4.2 mi away

3%745

Fort Lauderdale35.9 mi away

3%711

Boynton Beach14.3 mi away

2%604

Riviera Beach14.9 mi away

2%507

Delray Beach17.2 mi away

2%487

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%13,612

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

How far

How far Wellington commutes

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

33%

37%

15%

16%

33%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellington is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellington are

17,145 jobs are based in Wellington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wellington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wellington

17,145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Wellington residents hold

26,286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+26%

Jobs based in Wellington, 2013 → 2023: 13,653 → 17,145. 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.