Work & commute · Alafaya

Work & commute in Alafaya, FL

Most working residents leave Alafaya for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (29%), University (7%) and Maitland (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,687 of 41,438 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 38,751 Alafaya residents head out of town to work, 2,687 work right here, and 16,151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alafaya.

38,751live here, work elsewhere

2,687live and work here

16,151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alafaya goes to work

Orlando9.1 mi away

29%12,123

University4.2 mi away

7%2,739

Alafaya (in town)right here

6%2,687

Maitland13.3 mi away

2%835

Lake Buena Vista23 mi away

2%777

Winter Park10.7 mi away

2%762

Tampa87.5 mi away

2%683

Jacksonville128.1 mi away

1%608

Altamonte Springs15.5 mi away

1%568

Sanford18.7 mi away

1%522

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%19,134

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

How far

How far Alafaya commutes

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

28%

48%

17%

28%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alafaya is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alafaya are

18,838 jobs are based in Alafaya. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alafaya’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alafaya

18,838 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Alafaya residents hold

41,438 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+40%

Jobs based in Alafaya, 2013 → 2023: 13,488 → 18,838. 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.