Work & commute · Auburndale

Work & commute in Auburndale, FL

Most working residents leave Auburndale for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lakeland (16%), Bartow (7%) and Winter Haven (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

580 of 7,974 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,394 Auburndale residents head out of town to work, 580 work right here, and 9,401 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Auburndale.

7,394live here, work elsewhere

580live and work here

9,401work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Auburndale goes to work

Lakeland10.3 mi away

16%1,249

Auburndale (in town)right here

7%580

Bartow15.5 mi away

7%577

Winter Haven5.9 mi away

7%535

Orlando38.2 mi away

6%442

Lake Buena Vista24.8 mi away

4%288

Tampa42.5 mi away

2%164

Haines City11 mi away

1%99

Jacksonville154 mi away

1%84

Four Corners17.9 mi away

1%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%3,883

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

How far

How far Auburndale commutes

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

27%

31%

24%

17%

27%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Auburndale 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 Auburndale are

9,981 jobs are based in Auburndale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Auburndale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Auburndale

9,981 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Auburndale residents hold

7,974 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+70%

Jobs based in Auburndale, 2013 → 2023: 5,869 → 9,981. 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.