With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Roosevelt Gardens works elsewhere
Household incomes here are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns. Roosevelt Gardens has 135 jobs for 1,137 working residents. The two grades for Roosevelt Gardens are C for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Roosevelt Gardens, in brief
Roosevelt Gardens is a place people come home to
There are 135 jobs based in Roosevelt Gardens, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Roosevelt Gardens has about 2,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Roosevelt Gardens and Fort Lauderdale trade workers both ways
Fort Lauderdale is the top workplace for Roosevelt Gardens residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Roosevelt Gardens come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Roosevelt Gardens workers work from home
Only 4% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Roosevelt Gardens
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Roosevelt Gardens is better than 25% of U.S. towns, #541 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Roosevelt Gardens’ grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Roosevelt Gardens could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How many people are in Roosevelt Gardens by day
On a workday 1,134 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Roosevelt Gardens on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2024, primary jobs.
18% of working residents work in Fort Lauderdale
Where Roosevelt Gardens clocks in
18% of workers
5% 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.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Roosevelt Gardens
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roosevelt Gardens workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,349 commuters (the 4% 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.
What Roosevelt Gardens’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roosevelt Gardens, 2014 → 2024: 95 → 135. 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 Roosevelt Gardens’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Roosevelt Gardens
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.
Roosevelt Gardens is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roosevelt Gardens is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #40 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Roosevelt Gardens 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 1,399 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 98% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.9 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). 10.8% of Roosevelt Gardens households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Roosevelt Gardens’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100, Roosevelt Gardens ranks 3,526th of 4,771 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,524 | Brodhead WI | 3,214 | $50K | 14.9% | 5.2% | 20% | C |
| 3,525 | Whitefield NH | 2,535 | $63K | 11.0% | 4.3% | 14% | C |
| 3,526 | Roosevelt Gardens FL | 3,031 | $50K | 22.2% | 8.0% | <1% | C |
| 3,527 | St. James City FL | 3,412 | $69K | 9.7% | 9.1% | 13% | C |
| 3,528 | Lakeshore LA | 3,437 | $48K | 23.7% | 4.5% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Roosevelt Gardens, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 18% of Roosevelt Gardens
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roosevelt Gardens workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Gardens | – | C | A+ | 29 min | $49,821 |
| Fort Lauderdale | 18% | B | A | 26 min | $83,130 |
| Lauderhill | under 3% | C | A | 30 min | $51,165 |
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 Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt Gardens: questions
What is the median household income in Roosevelt Gardens?
$49,821 (±$15,291) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roosevelt Gardens?
22.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roosevelt Gardens?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roosevelt Gardens work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (18%, 2 mi), Sunrise (11%, 5 mi), Pompano Beach (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Roosevelt Gardens walkable?
Roosevelt Gardens is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roosevelt Gardens without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 98% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roosevelt Gardens, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roosevelt 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.