Work & commute · Lake Kerr

Work & commute in Lake Kerr, FL

Most working residents leave Lake Kerr for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Ocala (21%), Jacksonville (3%) and Orlando (3%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 582 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 557 Lake Kerr residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Kerr.

557live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Kerr goes to work

Ocala26.1 mi away

21%120

Lake Kerr (in town)right here

4%25

Jacksonville67.4 mi away

3%20

Orlando67.5 mi away

3%20

Gainesville40.6 mi away

3%16

Leesburg45.5 mi away

2%14

Palatka20.6 mi away

2%9

Tampa105.5 mi away

1%8

St. Petersburg122.7 mi away

1%7

Inverness49.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%337

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

How far

How far Lake Kerr commutes

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

16%

37%

40%

6%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Kerr is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Kerr are

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

Jobs based in Lake Kerr

128 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Lake Kerr residents hold

582 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−37%

Jobs based in Lake Kerr, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 128. 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.