Photo: Connor J Williams · CC BY 2.0Most of Melbourne Beach commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Melbourne Beach has 621 jobs for 1,223 working residents. Jobs and income earn Melbourne Beach A−; getting around on foot earns it A−. For 31% of workers, the job is at home, where Florida as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Melbourne Beach and work: the main findings
A lot of Melbourne Beach works from home
31% of Melbourne Beach workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Melbourne Beach has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Melbourne Beach went from 374 in 2013 to 621 in 2023, +66%. The jobs ↓
Melbourne Beach and Melbourne trade workers both ways
Melbourne is the top workplace for Melbourne Beach residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Melbourne Beach come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Melbourne Beach
59% of Melbourne Beach residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Melbourne Beach pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
The figures behind Melbourne Beach’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Melbourne Beach is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #119 of 638 in Florida. Household income is its strongest input ($102,857, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Melbourne Beach could be anywhere from B− to A+.
The daily trip from Melbourne Beach: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Melbourne Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,012 commuters (the 31% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Melbourne Beach
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Melbourne Beach, 2013 → 2023: 374 → 621. 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 Melbourne Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
23% of working residents work in Melbourne
Where Melbourne Beach clocks in
23% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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.
How far Melbourne Beach goes to work
About 33% 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.
Melbourne Beach on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,130 residents head out to work, 93 work right here, and 528 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Melbourne Beach on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Melbourne Beach is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Melbourne Beach is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns, #187 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Melbourne 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 1,474 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 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). 0.8% of Melbourne Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Melbourne Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Melbourne Beach is 906th of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 73 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 904 | Atwater Township OH | 2,581 | $80K | 5.8% | 2.8% | 5% | A− |
| 905 | Anson WI | 2,330 | $83K | 4.5% | 1.3% | 2% | A− |
| 906 | Melbourne Beach FL | 3,260 | $103K | 7.1% | 3.1% | 8% | A− |
| 907 | Greenwood LA | 3,077 | $64K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 4% | A− |
| 908 | Warren Township IN | 3,531 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.1% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Melbourne Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Melbourne Beach
The biggest share goes to Indialantic (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Melbourne Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Beach | – | A− | A− | 26 min | $102,857 |
| Indialantic | 4% | B | A− | 20 min | $104,184 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Melbourne 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 Melbourne Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Melbourne Beach?
$102,857 (±$21,772) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Melbourne Beach?
7.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Melbourne Beach?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Melbourne Beach work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Melbourne (23%, 7 mi), Palm Bay (11%, 10 mi), Orlando (4%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Melbourne Beach walkable?
Melbourne Beach is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Melbourne Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Melbourne Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Melbourne 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.