Briny Breezes has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 18 jobs in Briny Breezes for 126 working residents. Hardly any work in Briny Breezes itself; outside it, Boynton Beach draws the most (13%, 2 miles). For 23% of workers, the job is at home, where Florida as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Briny Breezes quiets down on a workday
On a workday 126 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Briny Breezes on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Briny Breezes goes to work
Where Briny Breezes clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Briny Breezes is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Briny Breezes, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 18. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Briny Breezes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Briny Breezes, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Briny Breezes workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 61 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Briny Breezes’ commute, mile by mile
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Briny Breezes
The biggest share goes to Ocean Ridge (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Briny Breezes workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briny Breezes | – | — | — | 25 min | $65,179 |
| Ocean Ridge | 6% | A | A | 33 min | $128,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Briny Breezes’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Briny Breezes: questions
What is the median household income in Briny Breezes?
$65,179 (±$24,057) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Briny Breezes?
5.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Briny Breezes?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Briny Breezes work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boynton Beach (13%, 2 mi), Boca Raton (9%, 10 mi), Delray Beach (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Briny Breezes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Briny Breezes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Briny Breezes
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.