Household incomes in Ocean Ridge are higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
26% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%). Poverty touches 6.4% of residents, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Ocean Ridge A; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ocean Ridge at work: what stands out
Ocean Ridge’s workforce skews older
39% of Ocean Ridge’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
A lot of Ocean Ridge works from home
26% of Ocean Ridge workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Ocean Ridge workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 575 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Ocean Ridge gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Ocean Ridge is better than 94% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($128,750, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Ocean Ridge’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ocean Ridge could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
348 jobs are based in Ocean Ridge.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocean Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 348. 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 Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way for Ocean Ridge’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ocean Ridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 464 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 daily commute in and out of Ocean Ridge
On a workday 560 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 333 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Ocean Ridge on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
9% of working residents work in Boca Raton
Where Ocean Ridge clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ocean Ridge
About 20% 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.
In Ocean Ridge, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ocean Ridge is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ocean Ridge 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 626 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 30% 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). 3.4% of Ocean Ridge households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Ocean Ridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Ocean Ridge comes 202nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 200 | Knollwood IL | 1,864 | $139K | 7.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 201 | Boring OR | 1,869 | $159K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 4% | A |
| 202 | Ocean Ridge FL | 1,868 | $129K | 6.4% | 2.6% | 3% | A |
| 203 | Maple Plain MN | 1,653 | $94K | 3.7% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| 204 | Roman Forest TX | 2,347 | $139K | 3.0% | 3.3% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Ocean Ridge, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns around Ocean Ridge
The biggest share goes to Boynton Beach (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ocean Ridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Ridge | – | A | A | 33 min | $128,750 |
| Briny Breezes | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Boynton Beach | 7% | B− | A− | 26 min | $70,074 |
Same-state neighbors only. Briny Breezes: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ocean Ridge’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 Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Ocean Ridge?
$128,750 (±$38,867) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ocean Ridge?
6.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ocean Ridge?
33 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 Ridge work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boca Raton (9%, 12 mi), West Palm Beach (8%, 16 mi), Delray Beach (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ocean Ridge walkable?
Ocean Ridge is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ocean Ridge without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ocean Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocean Ridge
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.