City Point Community Church · Photo: Fl295 at English Wikipedia · Public domainSharpes has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C−: better than 22% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #561 of 638 in Florida.
Walkability B+: more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns · #286 of 638 in Florida.
Household incomes here are lower than in 59% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 37 minutes each way (Florida 28, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Sharpes; the top destination outside it is Cocoa (7%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Sharpes
What’s behind Sharpes’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sharpes is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #561 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Sharpes’ grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sharpes could be anywhere from D to B−.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of Florida
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sharpes workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,001 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Sharpes quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,403 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 569 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Sharpes on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.42 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.
7% of working residents work in Cocoa
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Sharpes clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 601 jobs in Sharpes are
601 jobs are based in Sharpes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sharpes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sharpes, 2013 → 2023: 550 → 601. 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.
Half of Sharpes commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 21% 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.
Most trips from Sharpes start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sharpes is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #286 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% 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 1,224 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 77% 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 4.7% of Sharpes households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sharpes’ commuters take a bus or train.
Sharpes is 3,614th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sharpes, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,612 | Poteet TX | 3,010 | $49K | 17.0% | 6.4% | 8% | C− |
| 3,613 | Six Mile Township IL | 3,450 | $56K | 10.2% | 8.0% | 8% | C− |
| 3,614 | Sharpes FL | 2,840 | $70K | 22.4% | 6.2% | 2% | C− |
| 3,615 | Lopezville TX | 2,227 | $38K | 30.4% | 8.7% | <1% | C− |
| 3,616 | Adams Township MI | 2,565 | $64K | 11.7% | 5.1% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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.
Sharpes and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Cocoa (7%). Darker towns draw more of Sharpes’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sharpes workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpes | – | C− | B+ | 37 min | $69,531 |
| Cocoa | 7% | C | A | 26 min | $63,105 |
| North Merritt Island | under 3% | B− | C | 29 min | $104,878 |
| Port St. John | under 3% | C+ | C | 28 min | $87,736 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Sharpes: questions
What is the median household income in Sharpes?
$69,531 (±$13,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sharpes?
22.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sharpes?
37 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sharpes work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cocoa (7%, 5 mi), Melbourne (6%, 24 mi), Rockledge (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sharpes walkable?
Sharpes is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sharpes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sharpes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sharpes
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.