Work & commute · Westgate

Work & commute in Westgate, FL

Most working residents leave Westgate for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are West Palm Beach (18%), Palm Springs (5%) and Palm Beach Gardens (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 3,224 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 3,168 Westgate residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 2,689 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westgate.

3,168live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

2,689work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westgate goes to work

West Palm Beach3.6 mi away

18%593

Palm Springs4.4 mi away

5%157

Palm Beach Gardens11.1 mi away

4%120

Palm Beach3.5 mi away

4%115

Riviera Beach5.8 mi away

3%110

Jupiter15.3 mi away

2%79

Royal Palm Beach7.9 mi away

2%73

Boynton Beach12 mi away

2%70

Boca Raton22.7 mi away

2%65

Wellington11 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,778

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

How far

How far Westgate commutes

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

57%

15%

10%

18%

57%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westgate is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Westgate are

2,745 jobs are based in Westgate. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westgate’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westgate

2,745 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Westgate residents hold

3,224 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−26%

Jobs based in Westgate, 2013 → 2023: 3,705 → 2,745. 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.