Work & commute · Cedar Key

Work & commute in Cedar Key, FL

Most working residents leave Cedar Key for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (12%), Ocala (6%) and Bronson (5%). Half commute less than 53 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

38 of 206 working residents

Typical commute

53 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 168 Cedar Key residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar Key.

168live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar Key goes to work

Cedar Key (in town)right here

18%38

Gainesville55.4 mi away

12%24

Ocala53.5 mi away

6%13

Bronson31.7 mi away

5%10

Jacksonville116.3 mi away

2%5

Tallahassee115.8 mi away

2%5

Williston39.6 mi away

1%3

Dunnellon37.5 mi away

1%3

DeLand106.1 mi away

1%3

Tampa88.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%99

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

How far

How far Cedar Key commutes

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

20%

21%

57%

20%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar Key is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar Key are

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

Jobs based in Cedar Key

359 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Cedar Key residents hold

206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+72%

Jobs based in Cedar Key, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 359. 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.