Work & commute · Ave Maria

Work & commute in Ave Maria, FL

About one in 4 of Ave Maria’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Naples (6%), Immokalee (3%) and Fort Myers (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

624 of 2,633 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 2,009 Ave Maria residents head out of town to work, 624 work right here, and 2,354 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ave Maria.

2,009live here, work elsewhere

624live and work here

2,354work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ave Maria goes to work

Ave Maria (in town)right here

24%624

Naples25.1 mi away

6%156

Immokalee7.1 mi away

3%74

Fort Myers31.7 mi away

3%73

Bonita Springs21.4 mi away

2%46

Cape Coral41 mi away

2%46

Tampa130.3 mi away

1%39

Golden Gate19 mi away

1%28

Orlando148.7 mi away

1%25

Vineyards19 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,499

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

How far

How far Ave Maria commutes

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

30%

28%

15%

27%

30%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ave Maria is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ave Maria are

2,978 jobs are based in Ave Maria. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ave Maria’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ave Maria

2,978 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Ave Maria residents hold

2,633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+325%

Jobs based in Ave Maria, 2013 → 2023: 701 → 2,978. 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.