Seaboard Airline Railroad Station · Photo: Jhw57 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Palm Beach Gardens are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Palm Beach Gardens is better than 81% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (B+). 7.2% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.6% across Florida. About one in seven stay in Palm Beach Gardens for work; outside it, West Palm Beach is the main destination (12%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Palm Beach Gardens
Palm Beach Gardens is where the jobs are
Palm Beach Gardens has 37,538 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Palm Beach Gardens draws workers from far and wide
The 37,538 jobs in Palm Beach Gardens are filled from a wide area. Palm Beach Gardens’ own residents hold 10% and the ten next-biggest home towns 28%; the other 62% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Palm Beach Gardens works one town over
26% of working residents work in a town that borders Palm Beach Gardens: West Palm Beach (12%), Jupiter (8%) and Riviera Beach (4%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Palm Beach Gardens are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Palm Beach Gardens has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Palm Beach Gardens went from 27,869 in 2014 to 37,538 in 2024, +35%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Palm Beach Gardens’ Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($106,947, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Palm Beach Gardens could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Who leaves Palm Beach Gardens for work, and who comes in
On a workday 19,812 residents head out to work, 3,731 work right here, and 33,807 people come in from elsewhere.
About 78,000 people are in Palm Beach Gardens on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Palm Beach Gardens live
Where Palm Beach Gardens clocks in
8% 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 long Palm Beach Gardens spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palm Beach Gardens workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22,497 commuters (the 20% 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 37,538 jobs based in Palm Beach Gardens
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palm Beach Gardens, 2014 → 2024: 27,869 → 37,538. 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 Palm Beach Gardens’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Palm Beach Gardens
About 21% 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.
For most of Palm Beach Gardens, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 28,070 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 44% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 9% 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). 4.8% of Palm Beach Gardens households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Palm Beach Gardens’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Palm Beach Gardens is 209th of 687 U.S. towns of 45,000 to 86,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Coral Gables FL | 49,578 | $134K | 9.4% | 3.6% | 18% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 207 | Palatine IL | 65,842 | $98K | 8.2% | 4.1% | 8% | A− |
| 208 | Union Township NJ | 63,675 | $119K | 6.7% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| 209 | Palm Beach Gardens FL | 63,883 | $107K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 16% | A− |
| 210 | East Lansing MI | 49,355 | $46K | 33.0% | 6.6% | 18% | A− |
| 211 | Mount Pleasant NY | 45,444 | $143K | 7.0% | 6.1% | 14% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 687 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 27% | 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 Palm Beach Gardens, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
26% of Palm Beach Gardens works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Palm Beach Gardens workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach Gardens | – | A− | B+ | 23 min | $106,947 |
| Cabana Colony | under 2% | A− | B− | 16 min | $89,875 |
| North Palm Beach | 2% | A− | A− | 20 min | $90,049 |
| Juno Ridge | under 2% | B+ | B− | 24 min | $132,654 |
| Lake Park | under 2% | B− | A | 21 min | $70,954 |
| West Palm Beach | 12% | B− | A | 23 min | $73,446 |
| The Acreage | under 2% | A− | C− | 38 min | $109,032 |
| Jupiter Farms | under 2% | A | C | 31 min | $138,191 |
| Riviera Beach | 4% | C | A | 25 min | $68,060 |
| Jupiter | 8% | A− | A− | 25 min | $110,240 |
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 Palm Beach Gardens’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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Palm Beach Gardens: questions
What is the median household income in Palm Beach Gardens?
$106,947 (±$5,750) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palm Beach Gardens?
7.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palm Beach Gardens?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palm Beach Gardens work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Palm Beach (12%, 8 mi), Jupiter (8%, 6 mi), Riviera Beach (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Palm Beach Gardens walkable?
Palm Beach Gardens is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palm Beach Gardens without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 9% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Palm Beach Gardens, from the people who make the trip.
More of Palm Beach Gardens
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.