Rio has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
195 jobs are based in Rio, against 392 working residents. For jobs and income Rio is better than 55% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Florida as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Rio: the gist
A lot of Rio works one town over
27% of working residents work in a town that borders Rio: Stuart (20%) and Jensen Beach (7%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Rio are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Rio workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 392 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Rio’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Rio’s grade up ($91,953, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (17.6%) is left out: Rio’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rio could be anywhere from C to A.
How long Rio spends getting to work: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rio workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 440 commuters (the 0% 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 a workday changes Rio
On a workday 391 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Rio on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
20% of working residents work in Stuart
Where Rio clocks in
20% 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.
Jobs in Rio: what the 195 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rio, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 195. 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 Rio’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Rio
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.
Few in Rio walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 440 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Rio households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rio’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Rio comes 1,449th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Fisher Island FL | 1,026 | $250K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Golden Beach FL | 1,029 | $236K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Belleair Beach FL | 1,581 | $164K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,447 | Ridgeway Township MI | 1,484 | $80K | 10.1% | 2.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,448 | Waterford VT | 1,288 | $109K | 7.0% | 1.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,449 | Rio FL | 1,232 | $92K | 13.6% | 17.6% | <1% | B− |
| 1,450 | Muniz TX | 1,601 | $91K | 20.7% | 3.8% | 0% | B− |
| 1,451 | Lubeck WV | 1,495 | $71K | 5.1% | 9.7% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Rio, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 27% of Rio
The biggest share goes to Stuart (20%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rio workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio | – | B− | C+ | 15 min | $91,953 |
| Jensen Beach | 7% | C+ | B | 28 min | $70,884 |
| Stuart | 20% | C− | A | 25 min | $60,225 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rio’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 Rio: questions
What is the median household income in Rio?
$91,953 (±$16,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rio?
13.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rio?
15 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rio work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stuart (20%, 2 mi), Jensen Beach (7%, 2 mi), Port St. Lucie (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rio walkable?
Rio is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rio without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rio, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rio
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.