Casa Caprona · Photo: SebasTorrente · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Fort Pierce North earn less than those in 96% of U.S. towns
4% of workers work from home, where Florida as a whole has 16%. Below the poverty line: 23.9% of residents, next to 12.6% across Florida. Jobs and income earn Fort Pierce North C−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Fort Pierce North
Fort Pierce North makes and builds things
56% of the jobs based in Fort Pierce North are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Fort Pierce North residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Fort Pierce North are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fort Pierce North has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Fort Pierce North went from 769 in 2014 to 1,133 in 2024, +47%. The jobs ↓
Few Fort Pierce North workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Fort Pierce North’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fort Pierce North is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #547 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Fort Pierce North’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($40,228, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fort Pierce North could be anywhere from D to B−.
A place that makes things: 56% of Fort Pierce North’s jobs are in goods
1,133 jobs are based in Fort Pierce North.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort Pierce North, 2014 → 2024: 769 → 1,133. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Pierce North’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fort Pierce North’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fort Pierce North workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,914 commuters (the 4% 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.
The commute from Fort Pierce North, by distance
About 40% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who commutes out of Fort Pierce North, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,027 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 1,078 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in Fort Pierce North on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
23% of working residents work in Fort Pierce
Where Fort Pierce North clocks in
23% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
Driving is how Fort Pierce North gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fort Pierce North is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #322 of 638 in Florida. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 7.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,033 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 23.2% of Fort Pierce North households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Fort Pierce North’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,552nd of 3,122: where Fort Pierce North ranks among U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 44 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 179 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 335 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,550 | Greenville PA | 5,406 | $53K | 16.5% | 4.7% | 12% | C− |
| 2,551 | Plymouth NH | 6,721 | $77K | 18.6% | 5.6% | 27% | C− |
| 2,552 | Fort Pierce North FL | 7,224 | $40K | 23.9% | 4.2% | 2% | C− |
| 2,553 | Henderson TN | 6,590 | $46K | 24.1% | 3.3% | 29% | C− |
| 2,554 | Alfred NY | 5,147 | $41K | 37.4% | 16.4% | 23% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,122 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Fort Pierce North, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work next door: 23% of Fort Pierce North’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fort Pierce North workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Pierce North | – | C− | B+ | 21 min | $40,228 |
| Fort Pierce | 23% | D | B+ | 27 min | $47,072 |
| St. Lucie Village | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. St. Lucie Village: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Pierce. Darker towns draw more of Fort Pierce North’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 2024, 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 Fort Pierce North: questions
What is the median household income in Fort Pierce North?
$40,228 (±$11,491) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fort Pierce North?
23.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fort Pierce North?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fort Pierce North work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Pierce (23%, 4 mi), Port St. Lucie (6%, 14 mi), Vero Beach (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Fort Pierce North walkable?
Fort Pierce North is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fort Pierce North without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fort Pierce North, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort Pierce North
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.