Work & commute · Fort White

Work & commute in Fort White, FL

Most working residents leave Fort White for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (20%), Lake City (13%) and Alachua (8%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 255 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 254 Fort White residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort White.

254live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort White goes to work

Gainesville27.7 mi away

20%50

Lake City18.9 mi away

13%32

Alachua16.9 mi away

8%21

Jacksonville69 mi away

8%20

High Springs11.2 mi away

4%10

Live Oak30.5 mi away

3%7

Orlando130.6 mi away

2%5

Ocala61.5 mi away

2%4

Newberry20.4 mi away

2%4

Branford13 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%99

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

How far

How far Fort White commutes

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

37%

26%

32%

5%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort White is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort White are

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

Jobs based in Fort White

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Fort White residents hold

255 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+4%

Jobs based in Fort White, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 140. 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.