Work & commute · Heathrow

Work & commute in Heathrow, FL

Most working residents leave Heathrow for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Mary (12%), Orlando (11%) and Sanford (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 2,812 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

42%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,725 Heathrow residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 4,179 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Heathrow.

2,725live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

4,179work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Heathrow goes to work

Lake Mary2.6 mi away

12%348

Orlando21.1 mi away

11%319

Sanford5.7 mi away

7%185

Maitland10 mi away

4%105

Altamonte Springs8.1 mi away

4%104

Heathrow (in town)right here

3%87

University16.5 mi away

2%63

Winter Park12.4 mi away

2%59

Longwood5.2 mi away

2%58

Jacksonville109.3 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,428

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

How far

How far Heathrow commutes

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

42%

30%

21%

42%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Heathrow is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Heathrow are

4,266 jobs are based in Heathrow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Heathrow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Heathrow

4,266 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Heathrow residents hold

2,812 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+2%

Jobs based in Heathrow, 2013 → 2023: 4,201 → 4,266. 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.