Work & commute · Crystal Lake

Work & commute in Crystal Lake, FL

Most working residents leave Crystal Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lakeland (28%), Bartow (6%) and Tampa (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 2,213 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 2,170 Crystal Lake residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 2,681 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crystal Lake.

2,170live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

2,681work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crystal Lake goes to work

Lakeland3.6 mi away

28%612

Bartow11.3 mi away

6%125

Tampa35.4 mi away

5%115

Orlando46.3 mi away

3%62

Plant City13.3 mi away

3%59

Winter Haven10.2 mi away

2%48

Auburndale8.1 mi away

2%43

Crystal Lake (in town)right here

2%43

East Lake-Orient Park28.4 mi away

1%31

Brandon25.3 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,045

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

How far

How far Crystal Lake commutes

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

43%

15%

22%

20%

43%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crystal Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Crystal Lake are

2,724 jobs are based in Crystal Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crystal Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crystal Lake

2,724 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities72%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Crystal Lake residents hold

2,213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+64%

Jobs based in Crystal Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1,665 → 2,724. 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.