Work & commute · DeLand

Work & commute in DeLand, FL

About one in 5 of DeLand’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Orlando (7%), Daytona Beach (6%) and Sanford (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

3,552 of 16,073 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,521 DeLand residents head out of town to work, 3,552 work right here, and 24,778 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in DeLand.

12,521live here, work elsewhere

3,552live and work here

24,778work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where DeLand goes to work

DeLand (in town)right here

22%3,552

Orlando38.1 mi away

7%1,059

Daytona Beach16.3 mi away

6%944

Sanford16.1 mi away

3%540

Orange City5.9 mi away

3%523

Jacksonville93.5 mi away

3%482

Lake Mary17.9 mi away

2%352

Port Orange17.7 mi away

2%251

Ormond Beach22.1 mi away

1%232

Maitland27.6 mi away

1%217

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%7,921

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

How far

How far DeLand commutes

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

31%

24%

22%

31%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

DeLand 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 DeLand are

28,330 jobs are based in DeLand. Here is what they are, next to the jobs DeLand’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in DeLand

28,330 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs DeLand residents hold

16,073 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+15%

Jobs based in DeLand, 2013 → 2023: 24,705 → 28,330. 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.