Work & commute · Captiva

Work & commute in Captiva, FL

Most working residents leave Captiva for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Myers (6%), Fort Lauderdale (6%) and Cape Coral (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 82 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

70%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 76 Captiva residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 292 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Captiva.

76live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

292work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Captiva goes to work

Captiva (in town)right here

7%6

Fort Myers23.4 mi away

6%5

Fort Lauderdale128.9 mi away

6%5

Cape Coral15.3 mi away

5%4

Villas20.2 mi away

5%4

Estero24.6 mi away

4%3

LaBelle47.9 mi away

2%2

Punta Gorda28 mi away

2%2

Sanibel6.3 mi away

2%2

Dade City127.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%48

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

How far

How far Captiva commutes

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

27%

32%

33%

9%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Captiva is a job hub

3.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Captiva are

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

Jobs based in Captiva

298 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Captiva residents hold

82 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−63%

Jobs based in Captiva, 2013 → 2023: 801 → 298. 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.