Work & commute · Cross

Work & commute in Cross, FL

Most working residents leave Cross for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (5%), Jacksonville (4%) and Ocala (2%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

65 of 473 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 408 Cross residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 768 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cross.

408live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

768work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cross goes to work

Cross City (in town)right here

14%65

Gainesville46.8 mi away

5%26

Jacksonville99.9 mi away

4%21

Ocala66.7 mi away

2%10

Tallahassee87.8 mi away

2%10

Chiefland18.6 mi away

2%9

Trenton18.7 mi away

1%7

Tampa122 mi away

1%7

High Springs34 mi away

1%6

Fanning Springs12.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%307

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

How far

How far Cross commutes

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

32%

14%

16%

39%

32%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cross is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cross are

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

Jobs based in Cross

833 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Cross residents hold

473 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−23%

Jobs based in Cross, 2013 → 2023: 1,075 → 833. 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.