Work & commute · Westlake

Work & commute in Westlake, FL

Most working residents leave Westlake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are West Palm Beach (14%), Palm Springs (8%) and Palm Beach Gardens (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 2,110 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 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 2,088 Westlake residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westlake.

2,088live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westlake goes to work

West Palm Beach10.6 mi away

14%295

Palm Springs14.8 mi away

8%179

Palm Beach Gardens10.4 mi away

5%112

Boca Raton29.2 mi away

5%100

Riviera Beach13.8 mi away

4%84

Boynton Beach20.7 mi away

3%72

Wellington7.6 mi away

3%70

Royal Palm Beach5.8 mi away

3%54

Jupiter15.9 mi away

3%53

Delray Beach24.3 mi away

2%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,045

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

How far

How far Westlake commutes

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

12%

61%

23%

12%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westlake is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westlake are

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

Jobs based in Westlake

301 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Westlake residents hold

2,110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−7%

Jobs based in Westlake, 2013 → 2023: 324 → 301. 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.