Work & commute · Golden Gate

Work & commute in Golden Gate, FL

Most working residents leave Golden Gate for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Naples (10%), Bonita Springs (3%) and Fort Myers (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

670 of 12,532 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 11,862 Golden Gate residents head out of town to work, 670 work right here, and 3,489 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Golden Gate.

11,862live here, work elsewhere

670live and work here

3,489work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Golden Gate goes to work

Naples6.1 mi away

10%1,297

Golden Gate (in town)right here

5%670

Bonita Springs12.7 mi away

3%355

Fort Myers31 mi away

2%311

Marco Island17.4 mi away

2%303

Cape Coral36.5 mi away

1%172

Vineyards3.5 mi away

1%143

Pelican Marsh6.7 mi away

1%139

Pelican Bay7.5 mi away

1%135

Ave Maria19 mi away

1%115

Everywhere elseother towns and states

71%8,892

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

How far

How far Golden Gate commutes

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

58%

11%

23%

58%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Golden Gate is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Golden Gate are

4,159 jobs are based in Golden Gate. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Golden Gate’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Golden Gate

4,159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Golden Gate residents hold

12,532 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+96%

Jobs based in Golden Gate, 2013 → 2023: 2,122 → 4,159. 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.