Photo: Jec8992 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Indian Rocks Beach earn more than those in 76% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 6.0 in Tampa. Below the poverty line: 9.5% of residents, against 12.6% across Florida. Indian Rocks Beach grades 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
Indian Rocks Beach and work: the main findings
Indian Rocks Beach trades workers with the towns around it
Indian Rocks Beach has about as many jobs (1,479) as working residents (1,487), but they are mostly different people: 1,377 residents leave for work each day while 1,369 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Indian Rocks Beach are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Indian Rocks Beach works from home
34% of Indian Rocks Beach workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Indian Rocks Beach’s workforce skews older
39% of Indian Rocks Beach’s working residents are 55 or older. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Indian Rocks Beach
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Indian Rocks Beach is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #149 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Indian Rocks Beach could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,377 residents head out to work, 110 work right here, and 1,369 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 (0.99 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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Indian Rocks Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Indian Rocks Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,187 commuters (the 34% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1,479 jobs are based in Indian Rocks Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Indian Rocks Beach, 2013 → 2023: 1,212 → 1,479. 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 Indian Rocks Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
12% of working residents work in Clearwater
Where Indian Rocks Beach clocks in
12% of workers
12% 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.
The distance from Indian Rocks Beach to work
About 18% 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.
In Indian Rocks Beach, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Indian Rocks Beach is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #24 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Indian Rocks Beach near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,791 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, 23% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% 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). 3.2% of Indian Rocks Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Indian Rocks Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800, Indian Rocks Beach comes 1,137th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 45 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
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| 81 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
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| 83 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,135 | Strasburg Township PA | 4,704 | $94K | 13.9% | 1.5% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,136 | Montana City MT | 3,092 | $130K | 1.8% | 3.9% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,137 | Indian Rocks Beach FL | 3,563 | $99K | 9.5% | 3.8% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,138 | Sauk City WI | 3,439 | $91K | 8.4% | 2.9% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,139 | Lanesborough MA | 2,999 | $86K | 5.6% | 1.6% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | 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 Indian Rocks Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Around Indian Rocks Beach: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Largo (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Indian Rocks Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Rocks Beach | – | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $98,611 |
| Largo | 9% | B− | A− | 25 min | $62,096 |
| Harbor Bluffs | under 2% | A | B− | 26 min | $140,972 |
| Indian Shores | under 2% | B+ | B− | 24 min | $109,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Indian Rocks 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 Indian Rocks Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Indian Rocks Beach?
$98,611 (±$17,120) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Indian Rocks Beach?
9.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Indian Rocks Beach?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Indian Rocks Beach work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clearwater (12%, 7 mi), Tampa (12%, 23 mi), Largo (9%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Indian Rocks Beach walkable?
Indian Rocks Beach is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.1 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Indian Rocks Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 23% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Indian Rocks Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Indian Rocks 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.