Work & commute · Chaires

Work & commute in Chaires, FL

Most working residents leave Chaires for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Tallahassee (67%), Jacksonville (3%) and Tampa (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 125 Chaires residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chaires.

125live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chaires goes to work

Tallahassee7.2 mi away

67%84

Jacksonville147.4 mi away

3%4

Tampa198.1 mi away

2%3

Havana21.2 mi away

2%2

Gainesville119.1 mi away

2%2

Parker90.3 mi away

1%1

Midway21 mi away

1%1

Sebring261.7 mi away

1%1

Pensacola182.2 mi away

1%1

Marianna69.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%25

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

How far

How far Chaires commutes

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

60%

20%

18%

60%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chaires is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chaires are

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

Jobs based in Chaires

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Chaires residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−29%

Jobs based in Chaires, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 17. 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.