Work & commute · DeBary

Work & commute in DeBary, FL

Most working residents leave DeBary for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (11%), Sanford (8%) and DeLand (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

477 of 10,876 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,399 DeBary residents head out of town to work, 477 work right here, and 3,502 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in DeBary.

10,399live here, work elsewhere

477live and work here

3,502work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where DeBary goes to work

Orlando28.3 mi away

11%1,143

Sanford7 mi away

8%887

DeLand10 mi away

7%772

Orange City4.6 mi away

5%541

Lake Mary8 mi away

5%518

DeBary (in town)right here

4%477

Daytona Beach25.4 mi away

3%318

Maitland17.6 mi away

2%258

Jacksonville102.5 mi away

2%253

Altamonte Springs15.9 mi away

2%212

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%5,497

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

How far

How far DeBary commutes

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

32%

31%

20%

17%

32%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

DeBary is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in DeBary are

3,979 jobs are based in DeBary. Here is what they are, next to the jobs DeBary’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in DeBary

3,979 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs DeBary residents hold

10,876 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+46%

Jobs based in DeBary, 2013 → 2023: 2,731 → 3,979. 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.