Work & commute · Lakeside

Work & commute in Lakeside, FL

Most working residents leave Lakeside for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (47%), Green Cove Springs (6%) and Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

823 of 14,364 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,541 Lakeside residents head out of town to work, 823 work right here, and 6,251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakeside.

13,541live here, work elsewhere

823live and work here

6,251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakeside goes to work

Jacksonville15.2 mi away

47%6,692

Green Cove Springs11.7 mi away

6%833

Lakeside (in town)right here

6%823

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace3.8 mi away

4%585

Orange Park4.5 mi away

3%406

Fleming Island4.2 mi away

3%363

Gainesville46.8 mi away

2%276

Orlando118.1 mi away

1%166

Tampa155.8 mi away

1%153

Tallahassee149.7 mi away

1%116

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%3,951

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

How far

How far Lakeside commutes

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

26%

47%

21%

26%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakeside is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakeside are

7,074 jobs are based in Lakeside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lakeside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lakeside

7,074 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Lakeside residents hold

14,364 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+12%

Jobs based in Lakeside, 2013 → 2023: 6,341 → 7,074. 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.