Winter Beach has higher unemployment (7.7%) than 87% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 70% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Winter Beach C+; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 2% work in Winter Beach itself; outside it, Vero Beach draws the most (17%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Winter Beach, in brief
Winter Beach makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Winter Beach are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Winter Beach residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Winter Beach are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Winter Beach: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Winter Beach is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #385 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Winter Beach’s grade up ($92,394, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Winter Beach could be anywhere from C− to A.
In Winter Beach, 40% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
864 jobs are based in Winter Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winter Beach, 2013 → 2023: 784 → 864. 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 Winter Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Winter Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winter Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,074 commuters (the 17% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Winter Beach
About 34% 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.
Who works in Winter Beach, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,182 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 837 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.
0.71 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 places Winter Beach commutes to
Where Winter Beach clocks in
17% 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.
The commute in Winter Beach is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Winter Beach is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #486 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% 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 1,292 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). 0.6% of Winter Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Winter Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Winter Beach is 2,191st among 3,692 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 53 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
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| 139 | Vineyards FL | 3,849 | $131K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 200 | Highland Beach FL | 4,328 | $145K | 2.3% | 3.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,189 | Lawrence Park Township PA | 3,684 | $75K | 15.0% | 4.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,190 | Durham CA | 5,340 | $95K | 10.2% | 6.7% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,191 | Winter Beach FL | 4,985 | $92K | 9.0% | 7.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,192 | Devine TX | 4,652 | $38K | 18.6% | 0.0% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,193 | Tilton NH | 4,092 | $67K | 12.5% | 3.5% | 15% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Winter Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Winter Beach
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winter Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Beach | – | C+ | B− | 22 min | $92,394 |
| Wabasso | under 2% | B− | C− | 19 min | $59,006 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winter 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 Winter Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Winter Beach?
$92,394 (±$25,500) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winter Beach?
9.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winter Beach?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winter Beach work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vero Beach (17%, 5 mi), Vero Beach South (4%, 7 mi), Fort Pierce (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winter Beach walkable?
Winter Beach is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winter Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winter Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winter 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.