Photo: Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0Indiantown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Indiantown has 893 jobs; 2,744 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Indiantown is better than 8% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (B−). Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Indiantown
Few Indiantown workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Indiantown’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Indiantown’s grade up (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (23.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Indiantown could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Commuting from Indiantown: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Indiantown workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,782 commuters (the 2% 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.
How far it is to work from Indiantown
About 33% 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 and out of Indiantown on a workday
On a workday 2,530 residents head out to work, 214 work right here, and 679 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Indiantown on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
9% of working residents work in Stuart
Where Indiantown clocks in
9% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Indiantown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Indiantown, 2013 → 2023: 1,049 → 893. 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 Indiantown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Indiantown: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,830 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). 4.8% of Indiantown households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Indiantown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Indiantown and other U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 329 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,991 | Hugo OK | 5,082 | $34K | 29.9% | 4.4% | 31% | D |
| 2,992 | Pleasant Township OH | 5,671 | $50K | 30.3% | 4.7% | 17% | D |
| 2,993 | Indiantown FL | 6,826 | $56K | 23.3% | 7.2% | 8% | D |
| 2,994 | Franklin PA | 5,899 | $47K | 17.3% | 8.5% | 24% | D |
| 2,995 | Magalia CA | 7,389 | $57K | 11.8% | 10.3% | 7% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,168 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Indiantown, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Indiantown: questions
What is the median household income in Indiantown?
$55,520 (±$6,169) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Indiantown?
23.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Indiantown?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Indiantown work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stuart (9%, 18 mi), Jupiter (4%, 24 mi), Port St. Lucie (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Indiantown walkable?
Indiantown is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Indiantown without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Indiantown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Indiantown
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.