Work & commute · Babson Park

Work & commute in Babson Park, FL

Most working residents leave Babson Park for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Wales (14%), Bartow (10%) and Winter Haven (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 590 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 585 Babson Park residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Babson Park.

585live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Babson Park goes to work

Lake Wales7.4 mi away

14%85

Bartow18.3 mi away

10%57

Winter Haven19.2 mi away

7%43

Lakeland30.2 mi away

4%26

Orlando45.8 mi away

3%18

Tampa58.5 mi away

3%15

St. Petersburg68.5 mi away

1%7

Dundee13.2 mi away

1%6

Frostproof5.9 mi away

1%5

Auburndale25.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%323

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

How far

How far Babson Park commutes

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

24%

26%

22%

28%

24%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Babson Park is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Babson Park are

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

Jobs based in Babson Park

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Babson Park residents hold

590 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−60%

Jobs based in Babson Park, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 83. 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.