Photo: Ericje at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Indialantic has higher household incomes than 80% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 1.6 in Palm Bay. Below the poverty line: 10.2% of residents, next to 12.6% across Florida. The two grades for Indialantic are B 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
Work in Indialantic, in a few figures
Indialantic trades workers with the towns around it
Indialantic has about as many jobs (1,365) as working residents (1,224), but they are mostly different people: 1,111 residents leave for work each day while 1,252 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Indialantic are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Indialantic
66% of Indialantic residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Indialantic pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Indialantic and Melbourne trade workers both ways
Melbourne is the top workplace for Indialantic residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Indialantic come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Indialantic are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Indialantic has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Indialantic went from 927 in 2013 to 1,365 in 2023, +47%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, 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 figures behind Indialantic’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Indialantic is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #240 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Indialantic’s grade up ($104,184, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Indialantic could be anywhere from C to A.
Indialantic on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,111 residents head out to work, 113 work right here, and 1,252 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 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.
What Indialantic’s employers do
1,365 jobs are based in Indialantic.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Indialantic, 2013 → 2023: 927 → 1,365. 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 Indialantic’s own residents hold wherever they work.
27% of working residents work in Melbourne
Where Indialantic clocks in
27% of workers
12% of workers
4% 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.
From Indialantic, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Indialantic workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,210 commuters (the 22% 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.
Half of Indialantic commutes less than 9 miles
About 30% 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.
Indialantic is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Indialantic is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #216 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below 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 1,545 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 30% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 2.7% of Indialantic households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Indialantic’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Indialantic is 1,645th among 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 72 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,643 | West Providence Township PA | 3,064 | $80K | 5.4% | 2.4% | 11% | B |
| 1,644 | Lewes DE | 3,826 | $96K | 7.9% | 4.1% | 16% | B |
| 1,645 | Indialantic FL | 3,096 | $104K | 10.2% | 5.2% | 9% | B |
| 1,646 | Gilpin Township PA | 2,333 | $73K | 7.4% | 2.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,647 | Gravette AR | 3,889 | $68K | 5.8% | 3.5% | 10% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Indialantic, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Indialantic
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Indialantic workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indialantic | – | B | A− | 20 min | $104,184 |
| Melbourne Beach | under 2% | A− | A− | 26 min | $102,857 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Indialantic’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 Indialantic: questions
What is the median household income in Indialantic?
$104,184 (±$32,815) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Indialantic?
10.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Indialantic?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Indialantic work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Melbourne (27%, 6 mi), Palm Bay (12%, 11 mi), Orlando (4%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Indialantic walkable?
Indialantic is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 15.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Indialantic without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 30% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Indialantic, from the people who make the trip.
More of Indialantic
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.