Work & commute · LaBelle

Work & commute in LaBelle, FL

Most working residents leave LaBelle for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Myers (7%), Clewiston (2%) and Lehigh Acres (2%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

374 of 2,164 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 1,790 LaBelle residents head out of town to work, 374 work right here, and 3,510 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in LaBelle.

1,790live here, work elsewhere

374live and work here

3,510work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where LaBelle goes to work

LaBelle (in town)right here

17%374

Fort Myers24.5 mi away

7%150

Clewiston31.7 mi away

2%52

Lehigh Acres13.7 mi away

2%48

Cape Coral34.1 mi away

2%42

Immokalee20.6 mi away

2%40

Villas28.2 mi away

1%31

Port LaBelle5 mi away

1%29

Alva10.6 mi away

1%24

North Fort Myers24.3 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%1,350

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

How far

How far LaBelle commutes

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

24%

13%

28%

35%

24%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

LaBelle is a job hub

1.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in LaBelle are

3,884 jobs are based in LaBelle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs LaBelle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in LaBelle

3,884 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs LaBelle residents hold

2,164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+54%

Jobs based in LaBelle, 2013 → 2023: 2,523 → 3,884. 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.