Work & commute · Live Oak

Work & commute in Live Oak, FL

About one in 4 of Live Oak’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lake City (7%), Gainesville (5%) and Jacksonville (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

575 of 2,345 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,770 Live Oak residents head out of town to work, 575 work right here, and 4,378 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Live Oak.

1,770live here, work elsewhere

575live and work here

4,378work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Live Oak goes to work

Live Oak (in town)right here

25%575

Lake City21.8 mi away

7%163

Gainesville57.3 mi away

5%109

Jacksonville79 mi away

4%94

Ocala92 mi away

2%46

Tallahassee76.3 mi away

1%26

Orlando160.9 mi away

1%26

Tampa163.8 mi away

1%23

Madison28.3 mi away

1%18

Jasper11.5 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,252

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

How far

How far Live Oak commutes

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

32%

23%

38%

32%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Live Oak is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Live Oak are

4,953 jobs are based in Live Oak. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Live Oak’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Live Oak

4,953 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Live Oak residents hold

2,345 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+13%

Jobs based in Live Oak, 2013 → 2023: 4,398 → 4,953. 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.