With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Washington Park works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Washington Park; the top destination outside it is Fort Lauderdale (19%, 2 miles). Employers in Washington Park report 58 jobs, and 831 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Washington Park are B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Washington Park and work: the main findings
Washington Park is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in Washington Park, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Washington Park has about 1,600 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Washington Park and Fort Lauderdale trade workers both ways
Fort Lauderdale is the top workplace for Washington Park residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Washington Park come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Washington Park residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 831 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Washington Park’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Washington Park is better than 52% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Washington Park’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($61,200, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Washington Park could be anywhere from C− to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Washington Park
On a workday 830 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Washington Park on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
The places Washington Park commutes to
Where Washington Park clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
Washington Park’s commute, mile by mile
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 kinds of work in Washington Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Washington Park, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 58. 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 Washington Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Washington Park, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Washington Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 852 commuters (the 9% 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.
Most of Washington Park commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Washington Park is more walkable than 54% 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 935 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% 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). 0.0% of Washington Park households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Washington Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Washington Park is 2,082nd of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,080 | Aurelius NY | 2,643 | $94K | 9.7% | 4.7% | 7% | B− |
| 2,081 | Madison Township OH | 1,803 | $95K | 10.6% | 7.2% | 0% | B− |
| 2,082 | Washington Park FL | 2,402 | $61K | 9.2% | 5.8% | <1% | B− |
| 2,083 | Navy Yard City WA | 2,672 | $70K | 21.9% | 0.7% | 1% | B− |
| 2,084 | Breezy Point MN | 2,771 | $86K | 6.1% | 4.0% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | 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 Washington Park, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Washington Park
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Washington Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Park | – | B− | B− | 18 min | $61,200 |
| Lauderhill | under 3% | C | A | 30 min | $51,165 |
| Franklin Park | under 3% | C | A+ | 44 min | $38,333 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Washington Park’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 Washington Park: questions
What is the median household income in Washington Park?
$61,200 (±$25,638) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Washington Park?
9.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Washington Park?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Washington Park work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (19%, 2 mi), Sunrise (13%, 6 mi), Pompano Beach (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Washington Park walkable?
Washington Park is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 14.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Washington Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Washington Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Washington Park
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.