Work & commute · Lely Resort

Work & commute in Lely Resort, FL

Most working residents leave Lely Resort for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Naples (12%), Marco Island (7%) and Vineyards (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

103 of 2,560 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,457 Lely Resort residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 1,051 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lely Resort.

2,457live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

1,051work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lely Resort goes to work

Naples6.8 mi away

12%299

Marco Island11.4 mi away

7%172

Lely Resort (in town)right here

4%103

Vineyards9.4 mi away

2%46

Fort Myers36.9 mi away

2%44

Bonita Springs18.4 mi away

2%41

Cape Coral41.9 mi away

1%37

Golden Gate6.1 mi away

1%37

Tampa137.7 mi away

1%35

Orlando165.8 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%1,719

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

How far

How far Lely Resort commutes

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

41%

18%

10%

32%

41%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lely Resort is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lely Resort are

1,154 jobs are based in Lely Resort. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lely Resort’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lely Resort

1,154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Lely Resort residents hold

2,560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+121%

Jobs based in Lely Resort, 2013 → 2023: 521 → 1,154. 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.