Work & commute · Buckhead Ridge

Work & commute in Buckhead Ridge, FL

Most working residents leave Buckhead Ridge for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Okeechobee (11%), Fort Myers (3%) and Clewiston (2%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 481 working residents

Typical commute

59 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 478 Buckhead Ridge residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckhead Ridge.

478live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckhead Ridge goes to work

Okeechobee8.4 mi away

11%55

Fort Myers68.2 mi away

3%14

Clewiston26.3 mi away

2%12

Port St. Lucie32.3 mi away

2%11

Sebring41.7 mi away

2%10

Lakeland91.4 mi away

2%8

Bonita Springs77.1 mi away

1%7

Fort Pierce39.2 mi away

1%6

Cape Coral76.3 mi away

1%6

Tampa113.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

72%346

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

How far

How far Buckhead Ridge commutes

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

17%

21%

54%

17%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckhead Ridge is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckhead Ridge are

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

Jobs based in Buckhead Ridge

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less65%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Buckhead Ridge residents hold

481 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+8%

Jobs based in Buckhead Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 26. 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.