Work & commute · West Vero Corridor

Work & commute in West Vero Corridor, FL

Most working residents leave West Vero Corridor for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Vero Beach (16%), Vero Beach South (5%) and Fort Pierce (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

203 of 3,779 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,576 West Vero Corridor residents head out of town to work, 203 work right here, and 3,405 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Vero Corridor.

3,576live here, work elsewhere

203live and work here

3,405work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Vero Corridor goes to work

Vero Beach5.5 mi away

16%595

West Vero Corridor (in town)right here

5%203

Vero Beach South4.2 mi away

5%178

Fort Pierce16.8 mi away

5%174

Port St. Lucie25.2 mi away

2%91

Melbourne34.6 mi away

2%73

Sebastian10 mi away

2%72

Florida Ridge7.1 mi away

2%71

Orlando77.3 mi away

2%65

Palm Bay24.7 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,201

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

How far

How far West Vero Corridor commutes

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

42%

12%

10%

37%

42%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Vero Corridor is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Vero Corridor are

3,608 jobs are based in West Vero Corridor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Vero Corridor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Vero Corridor

3,608 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs West Vero Corridor residents hold

3,779 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+17%

Jobs based in West Vero Corridor, 2013 → 2023: 3,085 → 3,608. 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.