Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse · Photo: Clinton & Charles Robertson from Del Rio, Texas & College Station, TX, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Work, pay and getting to work in Jupiter Inlet Colony
Home is the office for 64% of workers, against 16% across Florida. Hardly any work in Jupiter Inlet Colony itself; outside it, Jupiter draws the most (14%, 3 miles). Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average, where Florida has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jupiter Inlet Colony quiets down on a workday
On a workday 124 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Jupiter Inlet Colony on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
Commuting out of Jupiter Inlet Colony: the destinations
Where Jupiter Inlet Colony clocks in
14% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
76 jobs are based in Jupiter Inlet Colony.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jupiter Inlet Colony, 2014 → 2024: 12 → 76. 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 Jupiter Inlet Colony’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Jupiter Inlet Colony, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jupiter Inlet Colony workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 64% 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 many miles Jupiter Inlet Colony commutes
About 34% 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.
Work next door: 20% of Jupiter Inlet Colony’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jupiter Inlet Colony workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter Inlet Colony | – | — | — | 24 min | $155,000 |
| Jupiter | 14% | A− | A− | 25 min | $110,240 |
| Tequesta | 6% | B | B+ | 29 min | $98,271 |
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 Inlet Colony’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 Jupiter Inlet Colony: questions
What is the median household income in Jupiter Inlet Colony?
$155,000 (±$70,781) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jupiter Inlet Colony?
31.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jupiter Inlet Colony?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 64% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jupiter Inlet Colony work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jupiter (14%, 3 mi), West Palm Beach (12%, 14 mi), Tequesta (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Jupiter Inlet Colony without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jupiter Inlet Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jupiter Inlet Colony
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.