Work & commute · Crystal River

Work & commute in Crystal River, FL

Most working residents leave Crystal River for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Inverness (10%), Ocala (6%) and Homosassa Springs (3%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

120 of 1,197 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,077 Crystal River residents head out of town to work, 120 work right here, and 3,228 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crystal River.

1,077live here, work elsewhere

120live and work here

3,228work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crystal River goes to work

Crystal River (in town)right here

10%120

Inverness16.1 mi away

10%114

Ocala33.5 mi away

6%69

Homosassa Springs7 mi away

3%34

Lecanto7.7 mi away

3%34

Spring Hill29.1 mi away

3%30

Jacksonville114.4 mi away

2%29

Tampa64.6 mi away

2%20

Homosassa7.7 mi away

1%17

Orlando82.9 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%715

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

How far

How far Crystal River commutes

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

32%

15%

19%

34%

32%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crystal River is a job hub

2.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crystal River are

3,348 jobs are based in Crystal River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crystal River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crystal River

3,348 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Crystal River residents hold

1,197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+44%

Jobs based in Crystal River, 2013 → 2023: 2,333 → 3,348. 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.