Work & commute · Fruit Cove

Work & commute in Fruit Cove, FL

Most working residents leave Fruit Cove for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (52%), St. Augustine (6%) and Palm Valley (1%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
648 of 14,520 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
29%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,872 Fruit Cove residents head out of town to work, 648 work right here, and 3,830 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fruit Cove.

13,872live here, work elsewhere
648live and work here
3,830work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fruit Cove goes to work

Jacksonville BeachSt. AugustineJacksonvillePalm CoastTallahasseeTampaOrlandoBellair-Meadowbrook TerraceLakesidePalm ValleyOakleaf PlantationFleming IslandFruit CoveMiddleburgNocateeWorld Golf VillageJacksonvilleSt. AugustinePalm ValleyTampaJacksonville BeachOrlandoBellair-Meadowbrook TerraceWorld Golf VillageTallahasseeFruit Cove
1
Jacksonville16.7 mi away
52%7,608
2
St. Augustine23.1 mi away
6%827
3
Fruit Cove (in town)right here
4%648
4
Palm Valley15.2 mi away
1%184
5
Tampa155.9 mi away
1%160
6
Jacksonville Beach18.6 mi away
1%157
7
Orlando113.7 mi away
1%157
9
World Golf Village11.9 mi away
1%119
10
Tallahassee158.9 mi away
1%115
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%4,424

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

How far

How far Fruit Cove commutes

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

29%Under 10 mi
47%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fruit Cove is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fruit Cove are

4,478 jobs are based in Fruit Cove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fruit Cove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fruit Cove

4,478 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Fruit Cove residents hold

14,520 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month66%
+45%

Jobs based in Fruit Cove, 2013 → 2023: 3,084 → 4,478. 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.

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