With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Port St. John works elsewhere
1,400 jobs are based in Port St. John, and 10,861 of its residents work somewhere. Port St. John grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 3% work in Port St. John; the top destination outside it is Titusville (9%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Port St. John
Port St. John is a place people come home to
There are 1,400 jobs based in Port St. John, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Port St. John has about 16,000 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Port St. John
59% of Port St. John residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in Port St. John pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Port St. John pay little
27% of the jobs based in Port St. John pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 31% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Port St. John
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Port St. John is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #386 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Port St. John’s grade up ($87,736, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.3%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Port St. John could be anywhere from C to B.
The daily flow of workers through Port St. John
On a workday 10,568 residents head out to work, 293 work right here, and 1,107 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Port St. John on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
What Port St. John’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Port St. John, 2013 → 2023: 1,183 → 1,400. 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 Port St. John’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Port St. John commutes to
Where Port St. John clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
Port St. John’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Port St. John workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,013 commuters (the 10% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Port St. John
About 19% 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.
Driving is how Port St. John gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Port St. John is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #555 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% 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 12,195 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 13% 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 1.0% of Port St. John households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Port St. John’s commuters take a bus or train.
Port St. John places 1,102nd of 1,516 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 18,000 to 34,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,100 | Oak Park MI | 29,072 | $72K | 12.0% | 10.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,101 | Panama City Beach FL | 20,375 | $81K | 10.0% | 5.0% | 25% | C+ |
| 1,102 | Port St. John FL | 25,120 | $88K | 9.9% | 6.3% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,103 | Foley AL | 30,354 | $66K | 11.0% | 3.5% | 24% | C+ |
| 1,104 | Suitland MD | 23,793 | $72K | 13.5% | 8.7% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,516 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Port St. John, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Port St. John and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Port St. John workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port St. John | – | C+ | C | 28 min | $87,736 |
| Sharpes | under 3% | C− | B+ | 37 min | $69,531 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Port St. John’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 Port St. John: questions
What is the median household income in Port St. John?
$87,736 (±$8,802) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Port St. John?
9.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Port St. John?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Port St. John work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Titusville (9%, 7 mi), Palm Bay (6%, 37 mi), Cocoa (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Port St. John walkable?
Port St. John is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Port St. John without a car?
<1% 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 Port St. John, from the people who make the trip.
More of Port St. John
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.