Households in Wabasso earn less than those in 76% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 25% of workers, where Florida as a whole has 16%. 3.6% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.6% across Florida. The two grades for Wabasso are B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Wabasso apart
Jobs in Wabasso have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Wabasso went from 353 in 2013 to 768 in 2023, +118%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Wabasso 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 ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Wabasso are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. 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 685 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Wabasso’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Wabasso is better than 54% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wabasso’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($59,006, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Wabasso’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, Wabasso could be anywhere from C to B+.
What Wabasso’s employers do
768 jobs are based in Wabasso.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wabasso, 2013 → 2023: 353 → 768. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Wabasso spends getting to work: 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 workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 573 commuters (the 25% 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.
How many people are in Wabasso by day
On a workday 667 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 750 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 (1.12 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.
Out of Wabasso to work: where people go
Where Wabasso clocks in
16% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Wabasso
About 29% 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 Wabasso, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wabasso is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 763 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). 17.0% of Wabasso households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wabasso’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Wabasso ranks 1,964th of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Fisher Island FL | 1,026 | $250K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,962 | Lake Eunice Township MN | 1,752 | $90K | 5.5% | 2.5% | 2% | B− |
| 1,963 | Southside Township MN | 1,560 | $81K | 7.5% | 1.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,964 | Wabasso FL | 1,467 | $59K | 3.6% | 1.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,965 | Durand IL | 1,380 | $66K | 7.0% | 2.4% | 4% | B− |
| 1,966 | Tuscarawas OH | 1,011 | $88K | 11.1% | 1.3% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns around Wabasso
The biggest share goes to Sebastian (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wabasso workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabasso | – | B− | C− | 19 min | $59,006 |
| Sebastian | 4% | C | C+ | 31 min | $69,409 |
| Winter Beach | under 3% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $92,394 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wabasso’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: questions
What is the median household income in Wabasso?
$59,006 (±$18,447) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wabasso?
3.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wabasso?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wabasso work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vero Beach (16%, 8 mi), Vero Beach South (4%, 10 mi), Sebastian (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wabasso walkable?
Wabasso is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wabasso without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wabasso, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wabasso
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.