Photo: AdamFirst at English Wikipedia · Public domainHousehold incomes in Sewall's Point top those of 91% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers; Florida has 16%. Below the poverty line: 2.5% of residents, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Sewall's Point A; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sewall's Point in brief
Sewall's Point has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Sewall's Point went from 358 in 2013 to 581 in 2023, +62%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Sewall's Point are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Sewall's Point’s workforce skews older
39% of Sewall's Point’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
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 799 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Sewall's Point
On income, poverty and job access, Sewall's Point is better than 92% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Sewall's Point’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sewall's Point could be anywhere from A− to A.
What work there is in Sewall's Point: 581 jobs
581 jobs are based in Sewall's Point.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sewall's Point, 2013 → 2023: 358 → 581. 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 Sewall's Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Sewall's Point
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sewall's Point workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 660 commuters (the 24% 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.
Sewall's Point by day and by night
On a workday 730 residents head out to work, 69 work right here, and 512 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Sewall's Point on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.73 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.
22% of working residents work in Stuart
Where Sewall's Point clocks in
22% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Miles to work from Sewall's Point
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.
The commute in Sewall's Point is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sewall's Point is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. 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 869 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). 1.3% of Sewall's Point households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sewall's Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
259th of 5,148: where Sewall's Point ranks among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 257 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| 258 | Hughesville MD | 2,098 | $106K | 1.7% | 0.7% | 1% | A |
| 259 | Sewall's Point FL | 2,078 | $129K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 9% | A |
| 260 | Pegram TN | 2,036 | $111K | 0.3% | 3.6% | <1% | A |
| 261 | Shelby Township IN | 2,533 | $95K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Sewall's Point, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Around Sewall's Point: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Jensen Beach (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sewall's Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewall's Point | – | A | C+ | 20 min | $129,000 |
| Jensen Beach | 2% | C+ | B | 28 min | $70,884 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sewall's Point’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 Sewall's Point: questions
What is the median household income in Sewall's Point?
$129,000 (±$10,855) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sewall's Point?
2.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sewall's Point?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sewall's Point work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stuart (22%, 3 mi), Palm City (4%, 6 mi), Port St. Lucie (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sewall's Point walkable?
Sewall's Point is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sewall's Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sewall's Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sewall's Point
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.