Work & commute · Lake Mary

Work & commute in Lake Mary, FL

Most working residents leave Lake Mary for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (14%), Sanford (9%) and Maitland (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

818 of 7,544 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,726 Lake Mary residents head out of town to work, 818 work right here, and 28,109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Mary.

6,726live here, work elsewhere

818live and work here

28,109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Mary goes to work

Orlando20.3 mi away

14%1,086

Lake Mary (in town)right here

11%818

Sanford3.5 mi away

9%652

Maitland9.8 mi away

4%280

Altamonte Springs8.5 mi away

3%248

University14.5 mi away

3%197

Longwood4.7 mi away

2%169

Winter Park11.8 mi away

2%161

Jacksonville110.3 mi away

2%142

Tampa89 mi away

1%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%3,679

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

How far

How far Lake Mary commutes

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

40%

34%

19%

40%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Mary is a job hub

3.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Mary are

28,927 jobs are based in Lake Mary. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Mary’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Mary

28,927 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Lake Mary residents hold

7,544 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+46%

Jobs based in Lake Mary, 2013 → 2023: 19,879 → 28,927. 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.