Photo: Richard Mc Neil · CC BY 3.0Lighthouse Point’s household incomes are higher than in 70% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami. Below the poverty line: 6.8% of residents; Florida has 12.6%. For jobs and income Lighthouse Point is better than 84% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lighthouse Point
Inside Lighthouse Point’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lighthouse Point could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Jobs in Lighthouse Point: what the 2,575 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lighthouse Point, 2013 → 2023: 2,171 → 2,575. 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 Lighthouse Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Lighthouse Point: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,924 residents head out to work, 262 work right here, and 2,313 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,100 people are in Lighthouse Point on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.62 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.
12% of working residents work in Pompano Beach
Where Lighthouse Point clocks in
12% of workers
12% of workers
11% 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.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Lighthouse Point
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lighthouse Point workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,521 commuters (the 12% 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 Lighthouse Point commutes less than 9 miles
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.
Lighthouse Point is easy on foot, hard by bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,121 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 62% 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 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% 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). 3.7% of Lighthouse Point households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Lighthouse Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Lighthouse Point ranks 609th of 2,507 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 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 235 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 301 | Asbury Lake FL | 14,458 | $101K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 322 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 607 | Woodbridge CT | 9,160 | $189K | 2.1% | 7.9% | 6% | A− |
| 608 | Springfield Township MI | 14,832 | $110K | 7.0% | 3.4% | 4% | A− |
| 609 | Lighthouse Point FL | 10,756 | $92K | 6.8% | 3.3% | 6% | A− |
| 610 | Hermantown MN | 10,110 | $91K | 5.4% | 2.1% | 13% | A− |
| 611 | Beachwood OH | 13,673 | $107K | 3.8% | 5.4% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Lighthouse Point, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
20% of Lighthouse Point works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Pompano Beach (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lighthouse Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse Point | – | A− | A− | 29 min | $92,135 |
| Deerfield Beach | 8% | C+ | A | 28 min | $59,730 |
| Hillsboro Beach | under 2% | A | B+ | 28 min | $94,432 |
| Pompano Beach | 12% | C+ | A | 27 min | $67,195 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lighthouse Point’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 Lighthouse Point: questions
What is the median household income in Lighthouse Point?
$92,135 (±$10,447) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lighthouse Point?
6.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lighthouse Point?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lighthouse Point work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pompano Beach (12%, 4 mi), Boca Raton (12%, 6 mi), Fort Lauderdale (11%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lighthouse Point walkable?
Lighthouse Point is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lighthouse Point 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 Lighthouse Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lighthouse Point
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.