Wabasso Beach has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Wabasso Beach are B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Wabasso Beach has 238 jobs, against 509 working residents. Measured by household income, Wabasso Beach is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wabasso Beach, in a few figures
A big share show a job far from home
54% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Wabasso Beach are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Wabasso Beach workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 509 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Wabasso Beach
On income, poverty and job access, Wabasso Beach is better than 55% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Wabasso Beach’s grade up ($115,739, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Wabasso Beach’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wabasso Beach could be anywhere from D to A.
Where in the region Wabasso Beach works
About 54% 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 trip to work from Wabasso Beach: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wabasso Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 422 commuters (the 4% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Wabasso Beach
On a workday 493 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 222 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Wabasso Beach on a workday afternoon, 12% 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.
14% of working residents work in Vero Beach
Where Wabasso Beach clocks in
14% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Wabasso Beach is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wabasso Beach, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 238. 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 Wabasso Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Wabasso Beach, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wabasso Beach is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 14.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 440 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). 5.1% of Wabasso Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wabasso Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Wabasso Beach is 1,985th among 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,983 | Bainbridge Township MI | 2,625 | $75K | 7.3% | 3.8% | 5% | B |
| 1,984 | Liberty Township OH | 2,482 | $76K | 12.4% | 2.8% | 11% | B |
| 1,985 | Wabasso Beach FL | 2,262 | $116K | 10.2% | 0.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,986 | Midway KY | 1,787 | $62K | 8.2% | 8.8% | 10% | B |
| 1,987 | Jermyn PA | 2,109 | $63K | 7.8% | 3.6% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | 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 Wabasso Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Around Wabasso Beach: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Orchid (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wabasso Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabasso Beach | – | B | B+ | 19 min | $115,739 |
| Orchid | 2% | — | — | 68 min | — |
| Indian River Shores | under 2% | B+ | B | 13 min | $156,037 |
Same-state neighbors only. Orchid: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wabasso 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 Wabasso Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Wabasso Beach?
$115,739 (±$50,233) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wabasso Beach?
10.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wabasso Beach?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wabasso Beach work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vero Beach (14%, 7 mi), Melbourne (4%, 30 mi), Windsor (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wabasso Beach walkable?
Wabasso Beach is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wabasso Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wabasso Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wabasso 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.