Work & commute · Harlem Heights

Work & commute in Harlem Heights, FL

Most working residents leave Harlem Heights for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Myers (14%), Cape Coral (6%) and Iona (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 865 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 845 Harlem Heights residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 949 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harlem Heights.

845live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

949work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harlem Heights goes to work

Fort Myers9.2 mi away

14%123

Cape Coral9.8 mi away

6%48

Iona2.1 mi away

6%48

Punta Rassa4.7 mi away

3%28

Villas4.4 mi away

2%21

Sanibel11.9 mi away

2%20

Harlem Heights (in town)right here

2%20

Bonita Springs14.3 mi away

2%18

Estero10.1 mi away

2%15

Cypress Lake2.4 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%510

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

How far

How far Harlem Heights commutes

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

49%

16%

30%

49%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harlem Heights is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harlem Heights are

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

Jobs based in Harlem Heights

969 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Harlem Heights residents hold

865 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+69%

Jobs based in Harlem Heights, 2013 → 2023: 575 → 969. 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.