Unemployment in San Castle (8.6%) is higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers (Florida 16%). For jobs and income San Castle is better than 27% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (A). Measured by household income, San Castle is behind 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in San Castle: the figures worth knowing
San Castle is a place people come home to
There are 100 jobs based in San Castle, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday San Castle has about 1,600 people in it, 49% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
San Castle averages 29 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (23 to 26 minutes). Next door ↓
Few San Castle 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How San Castle earns its Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds San Castle’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, San Castle could be anywhere from D to A.
San Castle quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,580 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in San Castle on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer than live here.
0.06 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 29 minutes each way, about the FL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of San Castle workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,422 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.
9% of working residents work in Boynton Beach
Where San Castle clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
What the 100 jobs in San Castle are
100 jobs are based in San Castle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in San Castle, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 100. 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 San Castle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from San Castle, by distance
About 18% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: San Castle
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.8% 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 1,476 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, 41% 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). 9.3% of San Castle households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of San Castle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100, San Castle ranks 3,443rd 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% | 2% | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,441 | Duplain Township MI | 2,316 | $63K | 7.9% | 11.5% | 10% | C |
| 3,442 | Windsor VT | 3,464 | $52K | 7.8% | 5.8% | 19% | C |
| 3,443 | San Castle FL | 3,052 | $57K | 19.0% | 8.6% | 1% | C |
| 3,444 | Elberta AL | 2,183 | $55K | 21.4% | 1.9% | 4% | C |
| 3,445 | Willamina OR | 2,276 | $59K | 6.8% | 5.7% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 San Castle, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
San Castle and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Boynton Beach (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | San Castle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Castle | – | C | A | 29 min | $57,228 |
| Lantana | under 2% | C+ | A | 23 min | $70,012 |
| Boynton Beach | 9% | B− | A− | 26 min | $70,074 |
| Hypoluxo | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 25 min | $78,214 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of San Castle’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 San Castle: questions
What is the median household income in San Castle?
$57,228 (±$26,993) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in San Castle?
19.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from San Castle?
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 San Castle work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boynton Beach (9%, 3 mi), Boca Raton (8%, 14 mi), West Palm Beach (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is San Castle walkable?
San Castle is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around San Castle without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 41% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from San Castle, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Castle
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.