Work & commute · Clewiston

Work & commute in Clewiston, FL

About one in 4 of Clewiston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are LaBelle (10%), Belle Glade (6%) and South Bay (1%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

785 of 3,075 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,290 Clewiston residents head out of town to work, 785 work right here, and 2,593 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clewiston.

2,290live here, work elsewhere

785live and work here

2,593work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clewiston goes to work

Clewiston (in town)right here

26%785

LaBelle31.7 mi away

10%307

Belle Glade17.4 mi away

6%196

South Bay13.3 mi away

1%46

Lakeland109.5 mi away

1%46

Fort Myers55.9 mi away

1%44

Tampa126.2 mi away

1%35

Cape Coral65.8 mi away

1%27

Moore Haven11.3 mi away

1%23

Port St. Lucie49.8 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,543

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

How far

How far Clewiston commutes

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

31%

15%

16%

39%

31%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clewiston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clewiston are

3,378 jobs are based in Clewiston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clewiston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clewiston

3,378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Clewiston residents hold

3,075 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−6%

Jobs based in Clewiston, 2013 → 2023: 3,612 → 3,378. 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.