Work & commute · Apopka

Work & commute in Apopka, FL

Most working residents leave Apopka for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (23%), Maitland (4%) and Altamonte Springs (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,741 of 25,604 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

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,863 Apopka residents head out of town to work, 1,741 work right here, and 15,104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Apopka.

23,863live here, work elsewhere

1,741live and work here

15,104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Apopka goes to work

Orlando20.3 mi away

23%5,795

Apopka (in town)right here

7%1,741

Maitland10.8 mi away

4%909

Altamonte Springs8.8 mi away

4%900

Lake Buena Vista22.5 mi away

3%645

Winter Park13.4 mi away

2%543

Sanford16.7 mi away

2%497

Lake Mary13.2 mi away

2%459

Winter Garden11.8 mi away

2%403

Jacksonville113.2 mi away

2%394

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%13,318

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

How far

How far Apopka commutes

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

26%

51%

18%

26%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Apopka is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Apopka are

16,845 jobs are based in Apopka. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Apopka’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Apopka

16,845 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Apopka residents hold

25,604 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+26%

Jobs based in Apopka, 2013 → 2023: 13,414 → 16,845. 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.