Work & commute · Lely

Work & commute in Lely, FL

Most working residents leave Lely for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Naples (14%), Marco Island (8%) and Bonita Springs (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 1,449 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,412 Lely residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 706 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lely.

1,412live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

706work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lely goes to work

Naples5.2 mi away

14%203

Marco Island12.1 mi away

8%112

Lely (in town)right here

3%37

Bonita Springs17.5 mi away

2%35

Tampa136.6 mi away

2%22

Fort Myers36 mi away

1%19

Cape Coral40.7 mi away

1%19

Vineyards8.6 mi away

1%17

Golden Gate5.6 mi away

1%17

Fort Lauderdale98.1 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%953

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

How far

How far Lely commutes

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

48%

17%

28%

48%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lely is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lely are

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

Jobs based in Lely

743 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Lely residents hold

1,449 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+13%

Jobs based in Lely, 2013 → 2023: 658 → 743. 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.