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Work & commute · Chiefland

Work & commute in Chiefland, FL

Most working residents leave Chiefland for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (12%), Bronson (6%) and Jacksonville (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
12%
101 of 860 working residents
Typical commute
31 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 759 Chiefland residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 1,743 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chiefland.

759live here, work elsewhere
101live and work here
1,743work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Chiefland goes to work

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1
Gainesville33.8 mi away
12%104
2
Chiefland (in town)right here
12%101
3
Bronson14 mi away
6%55
4
Jacksonville92.8 mi away
4%31
5
Ocala48.2 mi away
3%25
6
Trenton8.7 mi away
3%24
7
Williston26.4 mi away
2%14
8
Tallahassee106.3 mi away
2%14
9
Orlando116.9 mi away
2%14
10
Alachua30.3 mi away
2%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%465

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

How far

How far Chiefland commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
16%10–24 mi
29%25–50 mi
33%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Chiefland is a job hub

2.14jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chiefland are

1,844 jobs are based in Chiefland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chiefland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chiefland

1,844 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities44%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month47%
Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Chiefland residents hold

860 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month46%
+16%

Jobs based in Chiefland, 2013 → 2023: 1,591 → 1,844. 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.

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