Work & commute · Horizon West

Work & commute in Horizon West, FL

Most working residents leave Horizon West for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Buena Vista (24%), Orlando (18%) and Celebration (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

844 of 29,592 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28,748 Horizon West residents head out of town to work, 844 work right here, and 5,661 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Horizon West.

28,748live here, work elsewhere

844live and work here

5,661work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Horizon West goes to work

Lake Buena Vista7.2 mi away

24%7,243

Orlando17.8 mi away

18%5,409

Horizon West (in town)right here

3%844

Celebration9.9 mi away

2%691

Winter Garden6.8 mi away

2%683

Four Corners7.9 mi away

2%466

Tampa61.9 mi away

2%460

Maitland19.5 mi away

1%417

Bay Lake4.3 mi away

1%381

Ocoee10.6 mi away

1%365

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%12,633

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

How far

How far Horizon West commutes

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

47%

31%

17%

47%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Horizon West is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Horizon West are

6,505 jobs are based in Horizon West. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Horizon West’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Horizon West

6,505 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Horizon West residents hold

29,592 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+448%

Jobs based in Horizon West, 2013 → 2023: 1,187 → 6,505. 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.