Work & commute · Gateway

Work & commute in Gateway, FL

Most working residents leave Gateway for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Myers (20%), Cape Coral (4%) and Villas (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

258 of 5,028 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,770 Gateway residents head out of town to work, 258 work right here, and 3,216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gateway.

4,770live here, work elsewhere

258live and work here

3,216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gateway goes to work

Fort Myers5.8 mi away

20%998

Gateway (in town)right here

5%258

Cape Coral16 mi away

4%181

Villas7.6 mi away

3%174

Bonita Springs15.8 mi away

3%172

Estero11.1 mi away

3%128

Lehigh Acres7.1 mi away

2%118

Florida Gulf Coast University8.2 mi away

2%97

Tampa105.8 mi away

1%64

Cypress Lake9.8 mi away

1%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%2,779

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

How far

How far Gateway commutes

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

53%

18%

23%

53%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gateway is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gateway are

3,474 jobs are based in Gateway. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gateway’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gateway

3,474 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Gateway residents hold

5,028 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+18%

Jobs based in Gateway, 2013 → 2023: 2,954 → 3,474. 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.