Photo: Public domain · Public domainMadeira Beach has lower unemployment (2.6%) than 76% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Madeira Beach A−; getting around on foot earns it A+. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.2 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 6.0 in Tampa. Only 7% work in Madeira Beach itself; outside it, St. Petersburg draws the most (16%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Madeira Beach, in brief
Madeira Beach workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 47 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 360 hours of commuting, 146 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (31 to 34 minutes). Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Madeira Beach
61% of Madeira Beach residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Madeira Beach pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Madeira Beach and St. Petersburg trade workers both ways
St. Petersburg is the top workplace for Madeira Beach residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Madeira Beach come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Madeira Beach has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Madeira Beach went from 1,589 in 2013 to 2,200 in 2023, +38%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Madeira Beach pay little
26% of the jobs based in Madeira Beach pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 34% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Madeira Beach
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Madeira Beach is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #99 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($75,781, U.S. $80,734). 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, Madeira Beach could be anywhere from B− to A+.
How long Madeira Beach spends getting to work: about 47 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Madeira Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,666 commuters (the 22% 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.
What the 2,200 jobs in Madeira Beach are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madeira Beach, 2013 → 2023: 1,589 → 2,200. 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 Madeira Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Madeira Beach to work: where people go
Where Madeira Beach clocks in
16% of workers
11% 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.
A workday in Madeira Beach: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,424 residents head out to work, 115 work right here, and 2,085 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in Madeira Beach on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Madeira Beach
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Madeira Beach
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Madeira Beach is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #6 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Madeira 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 2,139 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 42% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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). 4.8% of Madeira Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Madeira Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Madeira Beach is 793rd of 4,084 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 791 | Perry Township OH | 4,729 | $99K | 5.1% | 1.5% | 6% | A− |
| 792 | Chester MD | 4,797 | $102K | 8.1% | 2.2% | 5% | A− |
| 793 | Madeira Beach FL | 3,940 | $76K | 5.5% | 2.6% | 7% | A− |
| 794 | North Collins NY | 3,477 | $100K | 5.0% | 2.7% | 11% | A− |
| 795 | Woodville Township OH | 3,300 | $84K | 2.9% | 3.4% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,084 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Madeira Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Madeira Beach and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Bay Pines (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madeira Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madeira Beach | – | A− | A+ | 47 min | $75,781 |
| Redington Beach | under 2% | A− | B+ | 34 min | $104,803 |
| Bay Pines | 1% | B+ | B− | 31 min | $68,214 |
| Treasure Island | 1% | B+ | B− | 32 min | $87,107 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Madeira 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 Madeira Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Madeira Beach?
$75,781 (±$35,086) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madeira Beach?
5.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madeira Beach?
47 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madeira Beach work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Petersburg (16%, 9 mi), Tampa (11%, 23 mi), Largo (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Madeira Beach walkable?
Madeira Beach is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.3 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Madeira Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 42% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Madeira Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madeira 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.