Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 1.0Sea Ranch Lakes has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Sea Ranch Lakes itself; outside it, Fort Lauderdale draws the most (29%, 5 miles). There are 61 jobs in Sea Ranch Lakes for 170 working residents. At home: 35% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Sea Ranch Lakes by day
On a workday 169 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Sea Ranch Lakes on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Out of Sea Ranch Lakes to work: where people go
Where Sea Ranch Lakes clocks in
29% 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.
What Sea Ranch Lakes’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sea Ranch Lakes, 2014 → 2024: 61 → 61. 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 Sea Ranch Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sea Ranch Lakes workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 141 commuters (the 35% 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.
The distance from Sea Ranch Lakes to work
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Sea Ranch Lakes
The biggest share goes to Lauderdale-by-the-Sea (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sea Ranch Lakes workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Ranch Lakes | – | — | — | 21 min | $216,250 |
| Lauderdale-by-the-Sea | 7% | A− | A | 30 min | $81,655 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sea Ranch Lakes’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 Sea Ranch Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Sea Ranch Lakes?
$216,250 (±$99,755) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sea Ranch Lakes?
3.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sea Ranch Lakes?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sea Ranch Lakes work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (29%, 5 mi), Lauderdale-by-the-Sea (7%, 1 mi), Pompano Beach (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sea Ranch Lakes 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 Sea Ranch Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sea Ranch Lakes
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.