Work & commute · Lawtey

Work & commute in Lawtey, FL

Most working residents leave Lawtey for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (22%), Starke (14%) and Gainesville (9%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

50 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 170 Lawtey residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lawtey.

170live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lawtey goes to work

Jacksonville31.6 mi away

22%38

Starke7.4 mi away

14%25

Gainesville30.3 mi away

9%15

Lawtey (in town)right here

3%5

Green Cove Springs23.8 mi away

2%3

Lake City35.4 mi away

2%3

Macclenny16.4 mi away

1%2

Pinellas Park156.1 mi away

1%2

Tampa145.8 mi away

1%2

Orlando117.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%78

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

How far

How far Lawtey commutes

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

22%

18%

34%

26%

22%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lawtey is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lawtey are

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

Jobs based in Lawtey

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Lawtey residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+143%

Jobs based in Lawtey, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 129. 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.