Work & commute · Bokeelia

Work & commute in Bokeelia, FL

Most working residents leave Bokeelia for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Cape Coral (13%), Fort Myers (9%) and St. James City (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 546 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 514 Bokeelia residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bokeelia.

514live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bokeelia goes to work

Cape Coral9.3 mi away

13%71

Fort Myers19.6 mi away

9%49

St. James City9.6 mi away

9%47

Bokeelia (in town)right here

6%32

Pine Island Center4.1 mi away

3%17

Tampa91.2 mi away

2%10

Villas19.5 mi away

2%10

Matlacha5 mi away

2%9

Naples42.5 mi away

1%8

Jacksonville254.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%286

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

How far

How far Bokeelia commutes

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

20%

35%

12%

33%

20%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bokeelia is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bokeelia are

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

Jobs based in Bokeelia

362 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Bokeelia residents hold

546 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+16%

Jobs based in Bokeelia, 2013 → 2023: 313 → 362. 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.