Work & commute · Celebration

Work & commute in Celebration, FL

Most working residents leave Celebration for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Buena Vista (23%), Orlando (13%) and Kissimmee (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

540 of 5,348 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,808 Celebration residents head out of town to work, 540 work right here, and 12,954 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Celebration.

4,808live here, work elsewhere

540live and work here

12,954work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Celebration goes to work

Lake Buena Vista4.8 mi away

23%1,205

Orlando17.8 mi away

13%674

Celebration (in town)right here

10%540

Kissimmee8.1 mi away

2%118

Tampa61 mi away

1%79

Four Corners6.1 mi away

1%77

Jacksonville140.1 mi away

1%73

Bay Lake5.7 mi away

1%57

Lakeland30.2 mi away

1%50

University28.8 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,426

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

How far

How far Celebration commutes

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

45%

27%

20%

45%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Celebration is a job hub

2.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Celebration are

13,494 jobs are based in Celebration. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Celebration’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Celebration

13,494 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Celebration residents hold

5,348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+40%

Jobs based in Celebration, 2013 → 2023: 9,615 → 13,494. 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.