Work & commute · Kissimmee

Work & commute in Kissimmee, FL

Most working residents leave Kissimmee for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (17%), Lake Buena Vista (8%) and Tampa (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,788 of 35,535 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 32,747 Kissimmee residents head out of town to work, 2,788 work right here, and 25,097 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kissimmee.

32,747live here, work elsewhere

2,788live and work here

25,097work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kissimmee goes to work

Orlando13.1 mi away

17%5,891

Lake Buena Vista8.1 mi away

8%2,949

Kissimmee (in town)right here

8%2,788

Tampa68.4 mi away

2%601

Four Corners14.1 mi away

1%506

Jacksonville141.2 mi away

1%500

Celebration8.1 mi away

1%452

Lakeland36.9 mi away

1%392

St. Cloud9.7 mi away

1%343

Altamonte Springs24.7 mi away

1%293

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%20,820

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

How far

How far Kissimmee commutes

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

41%

31%

19%

41%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kissimmee is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kissimmee are

27,885 jobs are based in Kissimmee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kissimmee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kissimmee

27,885 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Kissimmee residents hold

35,535 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+45%

Jobs based in Kissimmee, 2013 → 2023: 19,247 → 27,885. 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.