Photo: Juan Ortega · CC BY 3.0At 6.2%, unemployment in Tequesta is higher than in 76% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Tequesta are B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 39% of workers, against 16% across Florida. Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Tequesta
Home offices are common in Tequesta
39% of Tequesta workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Tequesta and Jupiter trade workers both ways
Jupiter is the top workplace for Tequesta residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Tequesta come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Tequesta has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Tequesta went from 2,056 in 2013 to 3,027 in 2023, +47%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Tequesta
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tequesta is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #232 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Tequesta’s grade up ($98,271, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tequesta could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Tequesta
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tequesta workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,676 commuters (the 39% 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.
16% of working residents work in Jupiter
Where Tequesta clocks in
16% 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.
Inside Tequesta’s 3,027 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tequesta, 2013 → 2023: 2,056 → 3,027. 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 Tequesta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Tequesta on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,266 residents head out to work, 168 work right here, and 2,859 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Tequesta goes to work
About 24% 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 Tequesta, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tequesta is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #295 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% 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 2,748 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 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). 2.0% of Tequesta households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Tequesta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tequesta places 1,462nd of 3,349 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,460 | Lebanon Township NJ | 6,229 | $130K | 7.9% | 8.2% | 4% | B |
| 1,461 | Miami Township OH | 5,008 | $89K | 8.0% | 5.5% | 21% | B |
| 1,462 | Tequesta FL | 6,299 | $98K | 7.7% | 6.2% | 7% | B |
| 1,463 | Palmyra PA | 7,762 | $77K | 11.6% | 3.5% | 6% | B |
| 1,464 | Nelson Township MI | 5,054 | $67K | 9.7% | 2.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,349 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Tequesta, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Tequesta and its neighbors: 16% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tequesta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tequesta | – | B | B+ | 29 min | $98,271 |
| Jupiter | 16% | A− | A− | 25 min | $110,240 |
| Jupiter Inlet Colony | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jupiter Inlet Colony: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jupiter. Darker towns draw more of Tequesta’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 Tequesta: questions
What is the median household income in Tequesta?
$98,271 (±$21,498) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tequesta?
7.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tequesta?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 39% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tequesta work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jupiter (16%, 3 mi), West Palm Beach (9%, 15 mi), Palm Beach Gardens (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tequesta walkable?
Tequesta is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tequesta 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 Tequesta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tequesta
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.