Photo: Stephen B Calvert Clariosophic · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Ocean Breeze has 2.0 jobs per working resident, and 237 people come in to work
Hardly any work in Ocean Breeze itself; outside it, Stuart draws the most (13%, 3 miles). 237 jobs are based in Ocean Breeze, and 117 of its residents work somewhere. 26% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Florida.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Ocean Breeze
On a workday 117 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 520 people are in Ocean Breeze on a workday afternoon, 30% more 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.
Where Ocean Breeze’s workforce comes from
Where Ocean Breeze clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
What Ocean Breeze’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocean Breeze, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 237. 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 Ocean Breeze’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Ocean Breeze
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ocean Breeze workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 224 commuters (the 26% 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 from Ocean Breeze, by distance
About 28% 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.
How Ocean Breeze compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Jensen Beach (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ocean Breeze workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Breeze | – | — | — | 23 min | $95,833 |
| Jensen Beach | 7% | C+ | B | 28 min | $70,884 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ocean Breeze’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 Ocean Breeze: questions
What is the median household income in Ocean Breeze?
$95,833 (±$34,850) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ocean Breeze?
3.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ocean Breeze?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ocean Breeze work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stuart (13%, 3 mi), Port St. Lucie (8%, 10 mi), Fort Pierce (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ocean Breeze without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ocean Breeze, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocean Breeze
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.