Work & commute · Frostproof

Work & commute in Frostproof, FL

Most working residents leave Frostproof for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Bartow (10%), Lakeland (6%) and Lake Wales (6%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

85 of 1,625 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,540 Frostproof residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 734 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frostproof.

1,540live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

734work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frostproof goes to work

Bartow20.4 mi away

10%161

Lakeland33.7 mi away

6%95

Lake Wales12.7 mi away

6%92

Frostproof (in town)right here

5%85

Orlando51.5 mi away

4%63

Winter Haven24.1 mi away

4%62

Sebring19.7 mi away

3%43

Tampa59.9 mi away

2%39

Avon Park11.1 mi away

2%36

Jacksonville178.9 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%926

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

How far

How far Frostproof commutes

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

14%

30%

22%

34%

14%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frostproof is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frostproof are

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

Jobs based in Frostproof

819 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Frostproof residents hold

1,625 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+6%

Jobs based in Frostproof, 2013 → 2023: 772 → 819. 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.