Photo: Don Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.0More people are out of work in Lantana (8.7%) than in 91% of U.S. towns
6% of workers work from home (Florida 16%). Lantana grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Only 5% stay in Lantana for work; outside it, West Palm Beach is the main destination (10%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Lantana apart on work
Income, poverty and work: Lantana’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lantana is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #399 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Lantana’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lantana could be anywhere from C to B+.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lantana workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,878 commuters (the 6% 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.
Who commutes out of Lantana, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,975 residents head out to work, 278 work right here, and 3,495 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Lantana on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.72 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.
Out of Lantana to work: where people go
Where Lantana clocks in
7% 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.
The 3,773 jobs based in Lantana
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lantana, 2013 → 2023: 3,174 → 3,773. 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 Lantana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Lantana to work
About 15% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Lantana
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lantana is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #47 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Lantana 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 6,269 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 90% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 35% 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). 6.1% of Lantana households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lantana’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, Lantana ranks 1,589th of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 1,587 | Warr Acres OK | 10,552 | $53K | 19.0% | 3.7% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,588 | Thomas Township MI | 11,900 | $80K | 10.6% | 6.6% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,589 | Lantana FL | 12,449 | $70K | 11.5% | 8.7% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,590 | South Sioux City NE | 14,158 | $68K | 12.2% | 5.0% | 17% | C+ |
| 1,591 | Glens Falls NY | 14,383 | $68K | 11.3% | 4.9% | 23% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Lantana, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Around Lantana: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Palm Beach (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lantana workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lantana | – | C+ | A | 23 min | $70,012 |
| San Castle | under 2% | C | A | 29 min | $57,228 |
| Manalapan | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Palm Beach | 3% | A− | A+ | 24 min | $168,403 |
| Lake Worth Beach | 3% | C | A | 27 min | $61,200 |
| Hypoluxo | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 25 min | $78,214 |
| South Palm Beach | under 2% | B+ | D | 36 min | $91,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Manalapan: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lantana’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 Lantana: questions
What is the median household income in Lantana?
$70,012 (±$13,395) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lantana?
11.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lantana?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lantana work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Palm Beach (10%, 12 mi), Boynton Beach (7%, 4 mi), Delray Beach (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lantana walkable?
Lantana is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lantana without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 35% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lantana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lantana
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.