Work & commute · Lecanto

Work & commute in Lecanto, FL

Most working residents leave Lecanto for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Inverness (13%), Ocala (5%) and Crystal River (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

115 of 2,017 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,902 Lecanto residents head out of town to work, 115 work right here, and 2,683 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lecanto.

1,902live here, work elsewhere

115live and work here

2,683work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lecanto goes to work

Inverness9.6 mi away

13%256

Lecanto (in town)right here

6%115

Ocala32.1 mi away

5%96

Crystal River7.7 mi away

4%77

Homosassa Springs2.7 mi away

3%65

Spring Hill24.1 mi away

3%52

Tampa59.4 mi away

2%45

Jacksonville115.8 mi away

2%44

Orlando75.5 mi away

2%39

Brooksville22.2 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,194

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

How far

How far Lecanto commutes

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

34%

15%

19%

33%

34%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lecanto is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lecanto are

2,798 jobs are based in Lecanto. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lecanto’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lecanto

2,798 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Lecanto residents hold

2,017 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−17%

Jobs based in Lecanto, 2013 → 2023: 3,387 → 2,798. 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.