Work & commute · Longwood

Work & commute in Longwood, FL

Most working residents leave Longwood for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (18%), Sanford (7%) and Lake Mary (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

419 of 7,437 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,018 Longwood residents head out of town to work, 419 work right here, and 13,016 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Longwood.

7,018live here, work elsewhere

419live and work here

13,016work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Longwood goes to work

Orlando15.9 mi away

18%1,303

Sanford7.5 mi away

7%493

Longwood (in town)right here

6%419

Lake Mary4.7 mi away

5%379

Altamonte Springs4 mi away

4%313

Maitland5.2 mi away

4%308

Winter Park7.2 mi away

3%212

University12 mi away

2%135

Casselberry3.2 mi away

2%127

Jacksonville114.5 mi away

2%118

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%3,630

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

How far

How far Longwood commutes

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

49%

28%

17%

49%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Longwood is a job hub

1.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Longwood are

13,435 jobs are based in Longwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Longwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Longwood

13,435 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Longwood residents hold

7,437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+20%

Jobs based in Longwood, 2013 → 2023: 11,223 → 13,435. 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.