Work & commute · Alva

Work & commute in Alva, FL

Most working residents leave Alva for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Myers (17%), Cape Coral (5%) and Villas (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

80 of 1,220 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,140 Alva residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 762 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alva.

1,140live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

762work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alva goes to work

Fort Myers14.7 mi away

17%209

Alva (in town)right here

7%80

Cape Coral23.7 mi away

5%60

Villas19.1 mi away

4%52

North Fort Myers13.7 mi away

4%47

Lehigh Acres7.6 mi away

3%36

LaBelle10.6 mi away

3%31

Bonita Springs27.2 mi away

2%21

Tampa100.7 mi away

1%16

Cypress Lake21.1 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%654

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

How far

How far Alva commutes

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

13%

52%

12%

23%

13%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alva is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alva are

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

Jobs based in Alva

842 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Alva residents hold

1,220 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+24%

Jobs based in Alva, 2013 → 2023: 677 → 842. 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.