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Jobs & commute in Mangonia Park

Mangonia Park draws 2,629 commuters a day, with 2.7 jobs for every working resident

Jobs and income earn Mangonia Park C+; getting around on foot earns it A+. Mangonia Park has 2,651 jobs; 992 of its residents have a job. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

What sets Mangonia Park apart on work

Mangonia Park is where the jobs are

Mangonia Park has 2,651 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,300 people are in town, 62% more than the 2,700 who live here. Day and night ↓

Few Mangonia Park workers work from home

Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓

Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 992 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

Jobs & income grade

The figures behind Mangonia Park’s Jobs & income grade

On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mangonia Park is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #450 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Mangonia Park’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.5%, U.S. 5.2%).

Household income $60,781 (±$7,527) · FL $74,568 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 27% of U.S. towns
Poverty 13.9% · FL 12.6% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 31% of U.S. towns
Unemployment 7.5% (±4.5) · FL 4.8% · U.S. 5.2%Lower than 14% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 87% of U.S. towns
Florida towns we grade 638 towns#450 of 638
C−A−

A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mangonia Park could be anywhere from C− to A−.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · Day and night

Who commutes out of Mangonia Park, and who commutes in

On a workday 970 residents head out to work and 22 work right here.

970live here, work elsewhere
22live and work here
2,629work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night2,700
Workday4,300
2,700live here− 970head out to work+ 2,600come in to work= 4,300on a workday

About 4,300 people are in Mangonia Park on a workday afternoon, 62% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.67jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

Time on the road

About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida

A year of commuting
182 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Mangonia Park24 min
Florida28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Mangonia Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Mangonia Park gets to work
74%Drive alone
12%Carpool
6%Transit
2%Walk
6%Other

Share of the 1,049 commuters (the 3% 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 map

Where Mangonia Park’s workforce comes from

Mangonia ParkPalm BeachPalm SpringsGreenacres: 79 workers live here (3%)Lake Worth Beach: 53 workers live here (2%)Riviera Beach: 103 workers live here (4%)Royal Palm Beach: 81 workers live here (3%)Boynton BeachJupiter: 76 workers live here (3%)Fort LauderdaleWellington: 74 workers live here (3%)Palm Beach Gardens: 81 workers live here (3%)Port St. Lucie: 81 workers live here (3%)West Palm Beach: 241 workers live here (9%)The Acreage: 98 workers live here (4%)West Palm BeachRiviera BeachThe AcreageRoyal Palm BeachPalm Beach GardensPort St. LucieMangonia Park
1
West Palm Beach3.3 mi away
9%241
2
Riviera Beach1.6 mi away
4%103
3
The Acreage12.4 mi away
4%98
4
Royal Palm Beach10.2 mi away
3%81
53%81
6
Port St. Lucie40.9 mi away
3%81
7
Greenacres9.8 mi away
3%79
8
Jupiter11.5 mi away
3%76
9
Wellington14 mi away
3%74
10
Lake Worth Beach9.7 mi away
2%53
Everywhere elseother towns and states
64%1,684
The top trips

Where Mangonia Park clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

A place that makes things: 31% of Mangonia Park’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Mangonia ParkJobs Mangonia Park residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms31%9%
Trade, transport & utilities25%22%
Services: health, schools, offices44%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less11%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%40%
Over $3,333 a month61%49%

Who does it

29 or younger18%24%
30 to 5453%55%
55 and older29%21%
−17%

Jobs based in Mangonia Park, 2014 → 2024: 3,200 → 2,651. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mangonia Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Half of Mangonia Park commutes less than 8 miles

10 mi25 mi50 miWest Palm Beach: 20% · 3.3 miPalm Beach Gardens: 7% · 8.4 miRiviera Beach: 6% · 1.6 miPalm Springs: 6% · 8.6 miJupiter: 4% · 11.5 miPalm Beach: 3% · 4.9 miWellington: 2% · 14 miBoynton Beach: 2% · 16 miFort Lauderdale: 2% · 42.9 miWest Palm Beach 20%Palm Beach Gardens 7%Riviera Beach 6%Palm Springs 6%Jupiter 4%Mangonia Park
Mangonia ParkTop destinations (size = commuters)
57%Under 10 mi565 residents
16%10–24 mi162 residents
10%25–50 mi96 residents
17%Over 50 mi169 residents

About 17% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Getting around · Walkability grade

Mangonia Park is easy on foot, hard by bus

On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mangonia Park is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #39 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Mangonia Park near the same point nationally.

EPA walkability index 13.3 of 20 · typical FL town 9.0 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 94% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 8.2% of commuters · FL 3.6% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 87% of U.S. towns
Florida towns we grade 638 towns#39 of 638
A+A+

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,083 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, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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

Miami31.0
Mangonia Park1.0

Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.6% of Mangonia Park households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Mangonia Park’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

2,951st of 4,797: where Mangonia Park ranks among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Kenilworth IL2,437$250K2.1%4.0%2%A+
2Chevy Chase Village MD1,978$250K1.2%2.6%1%A+
3Belle Meade TN2,621$250K1.4%0.3%2%A+
…
61Geneva FL3,441$133K0.6%0.4%4%A+
…
63Windermere FL3,344$178K1.3%2.5%1%A+
…
93Atlantis FL2,140$117K3.6%3.9%5%A+
…
2,949Silver Springs FL2,712$32K29.8%0.0%1%C+
2,950Stateburg SC2,027$66K11.1%7.3%<1%C+
2,951Mangonia Park FL2,667$61K13.9%7.5%2%C+
2,952Oakley KS1,974$77K16.2%2.5%36%C+
2,953Marissa Township IL2,149$68K11.5%9.8%7%C+
…
4,797Cibecue AZ2,228$26K57.2%13.3%0%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 Mangonia Park, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.

Next door

The towns next door employ 20% of Mangonia Park

Jobs & commute next door

TownMangonia Park workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Mangonia Park–C+A+24 min$60,781
West Palm Beach20%B−A23 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 Mangonia Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Mangonia Park: questions

What is the median household income in Mangonia Park?

$60,781 (±$7,527) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Mangonia Park?

13.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Mangonia Park?

24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Mangonia Park work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Palm Beach (20%, 3 mi), Palm Beach Gardens (7%, 8 mi), Riviera Beach (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Is Mangonia Park walkable?

Mangonia Park is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.3 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Mangonia Park without a car?

6% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Mangonia Park, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Mangonia Park

Mangonia Park home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.