Work & commute · Alachua

Work & commute in Alachua, FL

Most working residents leave Alachua for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (45%), Jacksonville (5%) and High Springs (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

424 of 4,302 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,878 Alachua residents head out of town to work, 424 work right here, and 8,188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alachua.

3,878live here, work elsewhere

424live and work here

8,188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alachua goes to work

Gainesville10.8 mi away

45%1,944

Alachua (in town)right here

10%424

Jacksonville62.5 mi away

5%211

High Springs6.4 mi away

3%108

Ocala46.2 mi away

2%79

Newberry11.3 mi away

2%75

Tallahassee115.5 mi away

1%38

Tampa125.2 mi away

1%38

Orlando114.4 mi away

1%37

Lake City29.8 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,320

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alachua commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

36%

23%

35%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alachua is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alachua are

8,612 jobs are based in Alachua. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alachua’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alachua

8,612 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Alachua residents hold

4,302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+60%

Jobs based in Alachua, 2013 → 2023: 5,384 → 8,612. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.