Work & commute · Jasper

Work & commute in Jasper, FL

Most working residents leave Jasper for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (5%), Gainesville (5%) and Live Oak (5%). Half commute less than 66 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

59 of 842 working residents

Typical commute

66 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 783 Jasper residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 542 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jasper.

783live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

542work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jasper goes to work

Jasper (in town)right here

7%59

Jacksonville76.3 mi away

5%45

Gainesville64.2 mi away

5%39

Live Oak11.5 mi away

5%38

Lake City25.4 mi away

4%36

Tallahassee78.5 mi away

2%17

Tampa174.1 mi away

2%13

Ocala100 mi away

1%12

Alachua53.9 mi away

1%9

Valdosta, GA34.1 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%565

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

How far

How far Jasper commutes

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

17%

14%

12%

56%

17%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

56%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jasper is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jasper are

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

Jobs based in Jasper

601 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Jasper residents hold

842 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−43%

Jobs based in Jasper, 2013 → 2023: 1,056 → 601. 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.