Work & commute · Ferndale

Work & commute in Ferndale, FL

Most working residents leave Ferndale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (13%), Clermont (7%) and Tavares (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 265 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 264 Ferndale residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ferndale.

264live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ferndale goes to work

Orlando24.7 mi away

13%34

Clermont6.9 mi away

7%18

Tavares10.8 mi away

6%16

Lake Buena Vista19.8 mi away

5%14

Winter Garden7.9 mi away

3%8

Montverde1.6 mi away

3%7

Maitland19.4 mi away

2%6

Leesburg14.4 mi away

2%6

Tampa65.5 mi away

2%6

Ocoee10.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%145

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

How far

How far Ferndale commutes

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

20%

52%

10%

18%

20%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ferndale is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ferndale are

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

Jobs based in Ferndale

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Ferndale residents hold

265 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+173%

Jobs based in Ferndale, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 41. 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.