Work & commute · Goodland

Work & commute in Goodland, FL

Most working residents leave Goodland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marco Island (36%), Boca Raton (4%) and Cape Coral (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 118 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 116 Goodland residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goodland.

116live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goodland goes to work

Marco Island3.6 mi away

36%42

Boca Raton100.6 mi away

4%5

Cape Coral54.1 mi away

4%5

Naples18.1 mi away

3%3

Atlantis106.3 mi away

2%2

Miami90.1 mi away

2%2

Fort Myers49.2 mi away

2%2

Bonita Springs30.8 mi away

2%2

West Palm Beach109.9 mi away

2%2

Goodland (in town)right here

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%51

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

How far

How far Goodland commutes

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

40%

16%

36%

40%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goodland is a job hub

1.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Goodland are

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

Jobs based in Goodland

198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Goodland residents hold

118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+80%

Jobs based in Goodland, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 198. 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.