Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Wellington are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 7.8% (Florida 12.6%). Jobs and income earn Wellington B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. About one in seven stay in Wellington for work; outside it, West Palm Beach is the main destination (11%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wellington stands out on work
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Wellington
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wellington is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #134 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Wellington’s grade up ($115,632, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wellington could be anywhere from B to A.
The towns that employ Wellington’s residents
Where Wellington clocks in
6% 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.
Wellington quiets down on a workday
On a workday 22,884 residents head out to work, 3,402 work right here, and 13,743 people come in from elsewhere.
About 54,000 people are in Wellington on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
The 17,145 jobs based in Wellington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wellington, 2013 → 2023: 13,653 → 17,145. 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 Wellington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Wellington: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wellington workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23,160 commuters (the 20% 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.
Where in the region Wellington works
About 16% 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 commute in Wellington is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wellington is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #472 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 29,031 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 17% 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). 3.3% of Wellington households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Wellington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 44,000 to 85,000, Wellington ranks 279th of 709 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 92 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
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| 129 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 163 | Coral Gables FL | 49,578 | $134K | 9.4% | 3.6% | 18% | A |
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| 277 | Bedford TX | 47,958 | $84K | 7.3% | 4.8% | 7% | B+ |
| 278 | Kendall FL | 79,562 | $87K | 11.2% | 3.3% | 11% | B+ |
| 279 | Wellington FL | 62,662 | $116K | 7.8% | 4.7% | 13% | B+ |
| 280 | West Lafayette IN | 45,747 | $35K | 37.3% | 4.5% | 35% | B+ |
| 281 | Santa Cruz CA | 61,797 | $115K | 17.0% | 7.2% | 29% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 709 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 28% | 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 Wellington, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns around Wellington
The biggest share goes to Royal Palm Beach (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wellington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | – | B+ | B− | 32 min | $115,632 |
| Royal Palm Beach | 3% | A− | A− | 31 min | $96,027 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wellington’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 Wellington: questions
What is the median household income in Wellington?
$115,632 (±$8,506) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wellington?
7.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wellington?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wellington work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Palm Beach (11%, 11 mi), Palm Springs (6%, 10 mi), Boca Raton (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wellington walkable?
Wellington is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wellington without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wellington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wellington
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.