Work & commute · West Melbourne

Work & commute in West Melbourne, FL

Most working residents leave West Melbourne for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Melbourne (28%), Palm Bay (14%) and Rockledge (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

728 of 11,080 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,352 West Melbourne residents head out of town to work, 728 work right here, and 10,119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Melbourne.

10,352live here, work elsewhere

728live and work here

10,119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Melbourne goes to work

Melbourne4.2 mi away

28%3,108

Palm Bay6.6 mi away

14%1,566

West Melbourne (in town)right here

7%728

Rockledge19.3 mi away

5%514

Orlando49.8 mi away

3%317

Viera West14.4 mi away

1%134

Jacksonville169.1 mi away

1%131

Cocoa23.4 mi away

1%129

Tampa110.9 mi away

1%121

Merritt Island17.9 mi away

1%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%4,220

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

How far

How far West Melbourne commutes

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

53%

14%

27%

53%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Melbourne is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Melbourne are

10,847 jobs are based in West Melbourne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Melbourne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Melbourne

10,847 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs West Melbourne residents hold

11,080 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+45%

Jobs based in West Melbourne, 2013 → 2023: 7,503 → 10,847. 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.