Work & commute · Christmas

Work & commute in Christmas, FL

Most working residents leave Christmas for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (22%), University (8%) and Titusville (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 1,120 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,111 Christmas residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Christmas.

1,111live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

183work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Christmas goes to work

Orlando21.2 mi away

22%247

University12.5 mi away

8%91

Titusville10.4 mi away

3%34

Alafaya12.1 mi away

3%32

Maitland23.5 mi away

2%25

Oviedo13.4 mi away

2%24

Sanford22.9 mi away

2%24

Altamonte Springs25.2 mi away

2%18

Bithlo6.1 mi away

2%18

Jacksonville128.5 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%592

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

How far

How far Christmas commutes

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

53%

21%

17%

9%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Christmas is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Christmas are

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

Jobs based in Christmas

192 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Christmas residents hold

1,120 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+56%

Jobs based in Christmas, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 192. 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.