Work & commute · Lake Alfred

Work & commute in Lake Alfred, FL

Most working residents leave Lake Alfred for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lakeland (9%), Winter Haven (8%) and Lake Buena Vista (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

117 of 3,278 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,161 Lake Alfred residents head out of town to work, 117 work right here, and 1,135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Alfred.

3,161live here, work elsewhere

117live and work here

1,135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Alfred goes to work

Lakeland15.6 mi away

9%308

Winter Haven6.4 mi away

8%257

Lake Buena Vista20.2 mi away

7%237

Orlando33.3 mi away

6%191

Bartow18.5 mi away

5%179

Lake Alfred (in town)right here

4%117

Auburndale5.3 mi away

3%102

Tampa47.7 mi away

3%86

Haines City6.3 mi away

3%82

Kissimmee21.5 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,685

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

How far

How far Lake Alfred commutes

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

23%

33%

25%

20%

23%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Alfred is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Alfred are

1,252 jobs are based in Lake Alfred. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Alfred’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Alfred

1,252 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lake Alfred residents hold

3,278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+7%

Jobs based in Lake Alfred, 2013 → 2023: 1,166 → 1,252. 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.