Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0More people are out of work in Pompano Beach (8.0%) than in 88% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Pompano Beach; the top destination outside it is Fort Lauderdale (15%, 7 miles). Pompano Beach grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pompano Beach: the figures worth knowing
Why Pompano Beach gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pompano Beach is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #424 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Pompano Beach’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pompano Beach could be anywhere from C to B−.
Where the trip to work from Pompano Beach ends
Where Pompano Beach clocks in
15% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Pompano Beach
On a workday 38,292 residents head out to work, 6,898 work right here, and 52,283 people come in from elsewhere.
About 131,000 people are in Pompano Beach on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Pompano Beach’s 59,181 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pompano Beach, 2013 → 2023: 48,153 → 59,181. 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 Pompano Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Pompano Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pompano Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48,274 commuters (the 12% 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.
How far Pompano Beach goes to work
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.
Pompano Beach is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pompano Beach is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns, #124 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above 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 54,836 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 93% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 32% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% 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). 7.9% of Pompano Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Pompano Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Among U.S. towns of 82,000 to 158,000, Pompano Beach ranks 275th of 359 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Carmel IN | 105,634 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| 3 | Clay Township IN | 104,932 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Plantation FL | 99,183 | $93K | 10.0% | 4.0% | 10% | A− |
| 99 | Riverview FL | 113,697 | $100K | 7.5% | 4.3% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Miramar FL | 142,570 | $89K | 8.5% | 4.5% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 273 | Palm Bay FL | 148,092 | $73K | 11.7% | 6.1% | 19% | C+ |
| 274 | Independence MO | 121,675 | $60K | 15.8% | 5.6% | 16% | C+ |
| 275 | Pompano Beach FL | 117,211 | $67K | 15.2% | 8.0% | 15% | C+ |
| 276 | Athens GA | 129,921 | $54K | 26.0% | 5.2% | 46% | C+ |
| 277 | Gastonia NC | 87,067 | $64K | 16.3% | 5.7% | 23% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 359 | Macon-Bibb County GA | 157,556 | $51K | 24.7% | 8.1% | 53% | 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 Pompano Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns next door employ 21% of Pompano Beach
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pompano Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pompano Beach | – | C+ | A | 27 min | $67,195 |
| Fort Lauderdale | 15% | B | A | 26 min | $83,130 |
| Lauderdale-by-the-Sea | under 2% | A− | A | 30 min | $81,655 |
| Deerfield Beach | 6% | C+ | A | 28 min | $59,730 |
| Lighthouse Point | under 2% | A− | A− | 29 min | $92,135 |
| Hillsboro Beach | under 2% | A | B+ | 28 min | $94,432 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Lauderdale. Darker towns draw more of Pompano 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 Pompano Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Pompano Beach?
$67,195 (±$2,295) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pompano Beach?
15.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pompano Beach?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pompano Beach work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (15%, 7 mi), Boca Raton (7%, 9 mi), Deerfield Beach (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pompano Beach walkable?
Pompano Beach is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pompano Beach without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 32% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pompano Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pompano 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.