Cypress Lodge · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Canal Point has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Canal Point itself; outside it, Pahokee draws the most (13%, 4 miles). There are 51 jobs in Canal Point, against 135 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Florida.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Canal Point quiets down on a workday
On a workday 135 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Canal Point on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 the trip to work from Canal Point ends
Where Canal Point clocks in
13% 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.
71% of the jobs in Canal Point pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canal Point, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 51. 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 Canal Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Canal Point’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Canal Point workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 138 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Canal Point works
About 29% 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.
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 Canal Point: questions
What is the median household income in Canal Point?
$111,719 (±$105,688) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canal Point?
34.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canal Point?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canal Point work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pahokee (13%, 4 mi), Belle Glade (7%, 12 mi), West Palm Beach (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Canal Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Canal Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canal Point
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.