Photo: Elisa.rolle · CC BY-SA 4.0At 6.9%, unemployment in Lake Worth Beach is higher than in 82% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami. The two grades for Lake Worth Beach are C for jobs and income and A for walkability. Only 6% stay in Lake Worth Beach for work; outside it, West Palm Beach is the main destination (12%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lake Worth Beach apart
A longer commute than the towns next door
Lake Worth Beach averages 27 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (23 to 24 minutes). Next door ↓
Lake Worth Beach draws workers from far and wide
The 9,106 jobs in Lake Worth Beach are filled from a wide area. Lake Worth Beach’s own residents hold 11% and the ten next-biggest home towns 29%; the other 60% 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: Lake Worth Beach’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lake Worth Beach is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #496 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Lake Worth Beach’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lake Worth Beach could be anywhere from C− to C+.
The places Lake Worth Beach commutes to
Where Lake Worth Beach clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
Lake Worth Beach by day and by night
On a workday 14,381 residents head out to work, 992 work right here, and 8,114 people come in from elsewhere.
About 38,000 people are in Lake Worth Beach on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
What the 9,106 jobs in Lake Worth Beach are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Worth Beach, 2013 → 2023: 8,248 → 9,106. 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 Lake Worth Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Lake Worth Beach: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Worth Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18,705 commuters (the 9% 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.
The commute from Lake Worth Beach, by distance
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.
Lake Worth Beach is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Worth Beach is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #45 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Lake Worth 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 20,462 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 97% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 22% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 13.1% of Lake Worth Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Lake Worth Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lake Worth Beach next to U.S. towns of 31,000 to 59,000: 840th of 985 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 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Cooper City FL | 35,030 | $132K | 5.0% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 838 | Mount Vernon WA | 35,193 | $76K | 16.1% | 6.0% | 22% | C |
| 839 | West Odessa TX | 32,594 | $65K | 16.6% | 6.0% | 9% | C |
| 840 | Lake Worth Beach FL | 43,970 | $61K | 21.2% | 6.9% | 6% | C |
| 841 | Myrtle Beach SC | 40,937 | $60K | 19.0% | 5.4% | 38% | C |
| 842 | Hutchinson KS | 39,595 | $59K | 14.9% | 4.6% | 53% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 985 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Lake Worth Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work next door: 15% of Lake Worth Beach’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Worth Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Worth Beach | – | C | A | 27 min | $61,200 |
| Lake Clarke Shores | under 2% | A− | B | 24 min | $156,696 |
| Lantana | under 2% | C+ | A | 23 min | $70,012 |
| Palm Beach | 3% | A− | A+ | 24 min | $168,403 |
| West Palm Beach | 12% | B− | A | 23 min | $73,446 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to West Palm Beach. Darker towns draw more of Lake Worth 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 Lake Worth Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Worth Beach?
$61,200 (±$5,398) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Worth Beach?
21.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Worth Beach?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Worth Beach work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Palm Beach (12%, 10 mi), Palm Springs (5%, 3 mi), Boca Raton (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Worth Beach walkable?
Lake Worth Beach is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Worth Beach without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 22% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Worth Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Worth 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.