Work & commute · Lemon Grove

Work & commute in Lemon Grove, FL

Most working residents leave Lemon Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wauchula (16%), Zolfo Springs (3%) and Arcadia (2%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 264 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 262 Lemon Grove residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lemon Grove.

262live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lemon Grove goes to work

Wauchula10.3 mi away

16%41

Zolfo Springs10.9 mi away

3%9

Arcadia28.7 mi away

2%5

Bartow22.9 mi away

2%5

Avon Park8.8 mi away

2%4

Miami153.9 mi away

2%4

Winter Haven31.7 mi away

2%4

Sebring15 mi away

1%3

Fort Myers68.3 mi away

1%3

Cape Coral69 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%183

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

How far

How far Lemon Grove commutes

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

13%

30%

18%

40%

13%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lemon Grove is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lemon Grove are

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

Jobs based in Lemon Grove

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Lemon Grove residents hold

264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−12%

Jobs based in Lemon Grove, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 94. 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.