Work & commute · Branford

Work & commute in Branford, FL

Most working residents leave Branford for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Live Oak (12%), Lake City (12%) and Gainesville (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 249 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 227 Branford residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 422 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Branford.

227live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

422work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Branford goes to work

Live Oak23.3 mi away

12%31

Lake City23 mi away

12%30

Branford (in town)right here

9%22

Gainesville39.8 mi away

4%10

Jacksonville79.7 mi away

3%7

Ocala71.4 mi away

3%7

Alachua29.2 mi away

1%3

Lecanto82.5 mi away

1%3

Lake Butler35 mi away

1%2

Monticello69.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%132

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

How far

How far Branford commutes

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

17%

35%

17%

30%

17%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Branford is a job hub

1.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Branford are

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

Jobs based in Branford

444 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Branford residents hold

249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+31%

Jobs based in Branford, 2013 → 2023: 338 → 444. 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.