With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Riviera Beach works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Riviera Beach is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. There are 821 jobs in Riviera Beach; 5,749 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Riviera Beach A; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Riviera Beach in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Riviera Beach
71% of Riviera Beach residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Riviera Beach pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Riviera Beach is a place people come home to
There are 821 jobs based in Riviera Beach, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Riviera Beach has about 7,300 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Riviera Beach than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Riviera Beach fell from 1,150 in 2013 to 821 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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.
The four measures behind Riviera Beach’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Riviera Beach is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #49 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Riviera Beach could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What Riviera Beach’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riviera Beach, 2013 → 2023: 1,150 → 821. 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 Riviera Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Riviera Beach on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5,651 residents head out to work, 98 work right here, and 723 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Riviera Beach on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 Baltimore
Where Riviera Beach clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
About 30 minutes to work from Riviera Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riviera Beach workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,377 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Riviera Beach
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 Riviera Beach is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Riviera Beach is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #210 of 261 in Maryland. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.0% across Maryland.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,963 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 63% 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% 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). 0.1% of Riviera Beach households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Riviera Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Riviera Beach ranks: 201st of 2,151 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 12 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
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| 23 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 199 | Worthington OH | 14,543 | $127K | 3.2% | 3.9% | 7% | A |
| 200 | Madison Township IN | 10,486 | $96K | 4.2% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| 201 | Riviera Beach MD | 12,192 | $113K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A |
| 202 | Millbury MA | 14,276 | $119K | 5.0% | 2.4% | 8% | A |
| 203 | Courtland Township MI | 9,321 | $107K | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,151 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Riviera Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Around Riviera Beach: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Pasadena (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riviera Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riviera Beach | – | A | B− | 30 min | $112,672 |
| Pasadena | 4% | A+ | B− | 32 min | $129,727 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Riviera 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 Riviera Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Riviera Beach?
$112,672 (±$12,372) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riviera Beach?
4.7%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riviera Beach?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riviera Beach work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (14%, 10 mi), Glen Burnie (7%, 4 mi), Parole (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Riviera Beach walkable?
Riviera Beach is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 11.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Riviera Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Riviera Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riviera 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.