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Work & commute · Lake Helen

Work & commute in Lake Helen, FL

Most working residents leave Lake Helen for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are DeLand (14%), Orlando (8%) and Sanford (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
21 of 1,342 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,321 Lake Helen residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 483 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Helen.

1,321live here, work elsewhere
21live and work here
483work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Lake Helen goes to work

Lake HelenOrange CityLake MarySanfordDeLandDeBaryDeltonaPort OrangeJacksonvilleOrlandoDaytona BeachWest DeLandDeLandOrlandoSanfordDaytona BeachOrange CityDeltonaJacksonvilleLake MaryDeBaryLake Helen
1
DeLand4.3 mi away
14%183
2
Orlando35.8 mi away
8%103
3
Sanford13.7 mi away
6%85
4
Daytona Beach16.4 mi away
5%69
5
Orange City4.5 mi away
5%65
6
Deltona5.6 mi away
4%52
7
Jacksonville96.9 mi away
3%39
8
Lake Mary16.1 mi away
3%36
9
DeBary9 mi away
2%22
10
Lake Helen (in town)right here
2%21
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%667

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

How far

How far Lake Helen commutes

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

29%Under 10 mi
29%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Helen 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 Helen are

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

Jobs based in Lake Helen

504 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)40%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lake Helen residents hold

1,342 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+92%

Jobs based in Lake Helen, 2013 → 2023: 262 → 504. 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.

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