Work & commute · Immokalee

Work & commute in Immokalee, FL

Most working residents leave Immokalee for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Ave Maria (3%), Fort Myers (3%) and Naples (2%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

1,784 of 9,898 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 8,114 Immokalee residents head out of town to work, 1,784 work right here, and 2,881 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Immokalee.

8,114live here, work elsewhere

1,784live and work here

2,881work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Immokalee goes to work

Immokalee (in town)right here

18%1,784

Ave Maria7.1 mi away

3%331

Fort Myers28.7 mi away

3%306

Naples29.9 mi away

2%224

Bonita Springs22.9 mi away

2%216

Lehigh Acres18.7 mi away

1%135

Cape Coral38.7 mi away

1%132

Tampa124.8 mi away

1%107

Orlando141.7 mi away

1%93

Marco Island38.3 mi away

1%85

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%6,485

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

How far

How far Immokalee commutes

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

23%

24%

21%

32%

23%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Immokalee is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Immokalee are

4,665 jobs are based in Immokalee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Immokalee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Immokalee

4,665 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Immokalee residents hold

9,898 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−17%

Jobs based in Immokalee, 2013 → 2023: 5,648 → 4,665. 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.