Work & commute · Avon Park

Work & commute in Avon Park, FL

Most working residents leave Avon Park for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Sebring (10%), Winter Haven (2%) and Lakeland (2%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

411 of 3,591 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 3,180 Avon Park residents head out of town to work, 411 work right here, and 3,157 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avon Park.

3,180live here, work elsewhere

411live and work here

3,157work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avon Park goes to work

Avon Park (in town)right here

11%411

Sebring8.9 mi away

10%355

Winter Haven34.4 mi away

2%77

Lakeland42.2 mi away

2%55

Wauchula18.8 mi away

2%54

Tampa64.6 mi away

1%44

Haines City36.8 mi away

1%41

Lake Wales23.5 mi away

1%41

Orlando62 mi away

1%38

Fort Myers70.1 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%2,439

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

How far

How far Avon Park commutes

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

34%

11%

13%

42%

34%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avon Park is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Avon Park are

3,568 jobs are based in Avon Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avon Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Avon Park

3,568 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Avon Park residents hold

3,591 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+14%

Jobs based in Avon Park, 2013 → 2023: 3,130 → 3,568. 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.