Jupiter Farms’ household incomes are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 2.8%; Florida has 12.6%. For jobs and income Jupiter Farms is better than 91% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (C). Only 5% work in Jupiter Farms itself; outside it, Jupiter draws the most (15%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Jupiter Farms in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Jupiter Farms
67% of Jupiter Farms residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Jupiter Farms pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Jupiter Farms has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Jupiter Farms went from 1,177 in 2013 to 1,684 in 2023, +43%. 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.
How Jupiter Farms earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jupiter Farms could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Goods, not services: 30% of the jobs in Jupiter Farms
1,684 jobs are based in Jupiter Farms.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jupiter Farms, 2013 → 2023: 1,177 → 1,684. 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 Jupiter Farms’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Jupiter Farms quiets down on a workday
On a workday 4,966 residents head out to work, 287 work right here, and 1,397 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,400 people are in Jupiter Farms on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.32 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Jupiter Farms commutes to
Where Jupiter Farms clocks in
15% 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.
Getting to work from Jupiter Farms takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jupiter Farms workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,169 commuters (the 19% 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 Jupiter Farms’ workers travel
About 21% 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.
For most of Jupiter Farms, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,419 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.9% of Jupiter Farms households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Jupiter Farms’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Jupiter Farms ranks: 358th of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 185 | Lake Mary FL | 16,789 | $109K | 3.5% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 227 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 288 | Asbury Lake FL | 14,458 | $101K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 356 | Roxborough Park CO | 9,085 | $173K | 3.0% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| 357 | Lakeland Highlands FL | 12,102 | $108K | 2.7% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 358 | Jupiter Farms FL | 12,945 | $138K | 2.8% | 3.3% | 5% | A |
| 359 | Beckett Ridge OH | 9,496 | $116K | 5.2% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| 360 | Mount Vernon VA | 13,122 | $164K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Jupiter Farms, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 22% of Jupiter Farms
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jupiter Farms workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter Farms | – | A | C | 31 min | $138,191 |
| Jupiter | 15% | A− | A− | 25 min | $110,240 |
| Palm Beach Gardens | 7% | A− | B+ | 23 min | $106,947 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jupiter. Darker towns draw more of Jupiter Farms’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 Jupiter Farms: questions
What is the median household income in Jupiter Farms?
$138,191 (±$9,578) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jupiter Farms?
2.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jupiter Farms?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jupiter Farms work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jupiter (15%, 6 mi), West Palm Beach (10%, 14 mi), Palm Beach Gardens (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jupiter Farms walkable?
Jupiter Farms is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jupiter Farms without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jupiter Farms, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jupiter Farms
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.