Work & commute · Arcadia

Work & commute in Arcadia, FL

Most working residents leave Arcadia for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Port Charlotte (3%), Fort Myers (2%) and Venice (2%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

526 of 2,719 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,193 Arcadia residents head out of town to work, 526 work right here, and 2,862 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arcadia.

2,193live here, work elsewhere

526live and work here

2,862work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arcadia goes to work

Arcadia (in town)right here

19%526

Port Charlotte22.4 mi away

3%86

Fort Myers41.7 mi away

2%56

Venice35 mi away

2%47

Southeast Arcadia2.5 mi away

2%45

North Port23.7 mi away

1%37

Punta Gorda26 mi away

1%32

Lakeland57.9 mi away

1%32

Tampa63.9 mi away

1%30

Orlando92.4 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%1,799

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

How far

How far Arcadia commutes

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

28%

13%

24%

36%

28%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arcadia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arcadia are

3,388 jobs are based in Arcadia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arcadia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arcadia

3,388 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Arcadia residents hold

2,719 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+2%

Jobs based in Arcadia, 2013 → 2023: 3,319 → 3,388. 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.