Photo: Don Ramey Logan · CC BY-SA 3.0Deerfield Beach’s household incomes are lower than in 74% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.2 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 31.0 in Miami. Below the poverty line: 15.1% of residents, next to 12.6% for Florida as a whole. The two grades for Deerfield Beach are C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Deerfield Beach apart
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Deerfield Beach
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Deerfield Beach is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #403 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Deerfield Beach’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($59,730, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Deerfield Beach could be anywhere from C to B−.
12% of working residents work in Boca Raton
Where Deerfield Beach clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Deerfield Beach fills up on a workday
On a workday 28,034 residents head out to work, 3,939 work right here, and 40,056 people come in from elsewhere.
About 101,000 people are in Deerfield Beach on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Deerfield Beach’s 43,995 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deerfield Beach, 2013 → 2023: 33,298 → 43,995. 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 Deerfield Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Deerfield Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deerfield Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36,587 commuters (the 13% 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.
Deerfield Beach’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Deerfield Beach is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Deerfield Beach is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #149 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 41,941 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 67% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.4% of Deerfield Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Deerfield Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Deerfield Beach ranks: 379th of 497 U.S. towns of 63,000 to 121,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Palm Beach Gardens FL | 63,883 | $107K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 17% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 377 | Duluth MN | 88,330 | $69K | 16.8% | 4.7% | 63% | C+ |
| 378 | Medford OR | 86,494 | $73K | 13.2% | 5.3% | 55% | C+ |
| 379 | Deerfield Beach FL | 89,339 | $60K | 15.1% | 5.4% | 12% | C+ |
| 380 | Westland MI | 82,333 | $62K | 14.3% | 6.0% | 6% | C+ |
| 381 | High Point NC | 120,571 | $65K | 15.7% | 5.2% | 23% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 497 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Deerfield Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
21% of Deerfield Beach works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Boca Raton (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deerfield Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Beach | – | C+ | A | 28 min | $59,730 |
| Boca Raton | 12% | B+ | A | 21 min | $106,273 |
| Pompano Beach | 9% | C+ | A | 27 min | $67,195 |
| Lighthouse Point | under 2% | A− | A− | 29 min | $92,135 |
| Hillsboro Beach | under 2% | A | B+ | 28 min | $94,432 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Deerfield Beach’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 Deerfield Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Deerfield Beach?
$59,730 (±$3,347) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deerfield Beach?
15.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deerfield Beach?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deerfield Beach work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boca Raton (12%, 4 mi), Fort Lauderdale (10%, 12 mi), Pompano Beach (9%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Deerfield Beach walkable?
Deerfield Beach is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deerfield Beach without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deerfield Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deerfield Beach
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.