99% of Lake Hart’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Lake Hart for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (29%), University (4%) and Lake Buena Vista (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
What kind of work town is Lake Hart?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Working from home in Lake Hart
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Lake Hart workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
29% of Lake Hart works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Orlando (29%). Darker towns draw more of Lake Hart’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Lake Hart quiets down on a workday
On a workday 345 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 281 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Lake Hart on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
29% of working residents work in Orlando
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Lake Hart clocks in
29% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Lake Hart commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
283 jobs are based in Lake Hart. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Hart’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Hart, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 283. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Lake Hart
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Hart, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.