Photo: Connor Williams · CC BY 2.0Satellite Beach has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Satellite Beach B+; getting around on foot earns it A−. There are 1,740 jobs in Satellite Beach, against 4,624 working residents. Measured by household income, Satellite Beach is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Satellite Beach, in brief
The four measures behind Satellite Beach’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Satellite Beach is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #164 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Satellite Beach’s grade up ($119,134, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Satellite Beach could be anywhere from B to A.
19% of working residents work in Melbourne
Where Satellite Beach clocks in
19% of workers
11% 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 Satellite Beach
On a workday 4,352 residents head out to work, 272 work right here, and 1,468 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,500 people are in Satellite Beach on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
The kinds of work in Satellite Beach
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Satellite Beach, 2013 → 2023: 1,983 → 1,740. 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 Satellite Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Satellite Beach: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Satellite Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,414 commuters (the 19% 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.
Half of Satellite Beach commutes less than 13 miles
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.
In Satellite Beach, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Satellite Beach is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #233 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% 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 5,464 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 90% 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 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 51% 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). 1.7% of Satellite Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Satellite Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Satellite Beach ranks 995th of 2,507 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 235 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 301 | Asbury Lake FL | 14,458 | $101K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 322 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 993 | Plattekill NY | 10,336 | $103K | 4.3% | 5.4% | 5% | B+ |
| 994 | Kettering MD | 14,014 | $127K | 8.7% | 7.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 995 | Satellite Beach FL | 11,365 | $119K | 4.1% | 5.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 996 | Haledon NJ | 9,125 | $96K | 8.5% | 6.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 997 | Waihee-Waiehu HI | 10,988 | $127K | 6.0% | 4.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Satellite Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Satellite Beach
The biggest share goes to Indian Harbour Beach (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Satellite Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satellite Beach | – | B+ | A− | 28 min | $119,134 |
| South Patrick Shores | under 2% | A | A | 22 min | $85,660 |
| Indian Harbour Beach | 3% | A− | B+ | 23 min | $97,254 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Satellite 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 Satellite Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Satellite Beach?
$119,134 (±$11,267) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Satellite Beach?
4.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Satellite Beach?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Satellite Beach work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Melbourne (19%, 6 mi), Palm Bay (11%, 16 mi), Rockledge (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Satellite Beach walkable?
Satellite Beach is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Satellite Beach without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Satellite Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Satellite 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.