Photo: Don Ramey Logan · CC BY-SA 4.0Jupiter has higher household incomes than 84% of U.S. towns
About one in five stay in Jupiter for work; outside it, West Palm Beach is the main destination (9%, 12 miles). Below the poverty line: 9.5% of residents, against 12.6% across Florida. The two grades for Jupiter are A− 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 Jupiter: the figures worth knowing
Jupiter trades workers with the towns around it
Jupiter has about as many jobs (27,956) as working residents (23,924), but they are mostly different people: 18,919 residents leave for work each day while 22,951 people come in. Only 18% of the jobs in Jupiter are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Jupiter draws workers from far and wide
The 27,956 jobs in Jupiter are filled from a wide area. Jupiter’s own residents hold 18% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 55% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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: Jupiter’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jupiter is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #102 of 638 in Florida. Household income is its strongest input ($110,240, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jupiter could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Jupiter
On a workday 18,919 residents head out to work, 5,005 work right here, and 22,951 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 (1.17 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.
Out of Jupiter to work: where people go
Where Jupiter clocks in
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.
The 27,956 jobs based in Jupiter
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jupiter, 2013 → 2023: 24,278 → 27,956. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Jupiter’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jupiter workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24,325 commuters (the 18% 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 Jupiter commutes less than 14 miles
About 22% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Jupiter
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 29,488 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 39% 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). 3.8% of Jupiter households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Jupiter’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 44,000 to 84,000, Jupiter ranks 224th of 704 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 91 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
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| 127 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 161 | Coral Gables FL | 49,578 | $134K | 9.4% | 3.6% | 18% | A |
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| 222 | Tigard OR | 57,929 | $109K | 6.7% | 4.7% | 13% | A− |
| 223 | West Orange Township NJ | 49,557 | $130K | 7.4% | 6.0% | 7% | A− |
| 224 | Jupiter FL | 62,350 | $110K | 9.5% | 3.0% | 21% | A− |
| 225 | Santee CA | 58,205 | $113K | 7.9% | 4.7% | 8% | A− |
| 226 | Tuckahoe VA | 49,183 | $102K | 7.4% | 4.2% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 704 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 28% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bordering towns draw 14% of Jupiter’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jupiter workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | – | A− | A− | 25 min | $110,240 |
| Tequesta | 2% | B | B+ | 29 min | $98,271 |
| Jupiter Inlet Colony | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Jupiter Farms | under 2% | A | C | 31 min | $138,191 |
| Juno Beach | 3% | B− | B | 21 min | $83,821 |
| Palm Beach Gardens | 9% | A− | B+ | 23 min | $106,947 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jupiter Inlet Colony: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Palm Beach Gardens. Darker towns draw more of Jupiter’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: questions
What is the median household income in Jupiter?
$110,240 (±$6,103) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jupiter?
9.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jupiter?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jupiter work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Palm Beach (9%, 12 mi), Palm Beach Gardens (9%, 6 mi), Palm Springs (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jupiter walkable?
Jupiter is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jupiter without a car?
2% 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jupiter
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.