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
6%
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

MaitlandLongwoodCasselberryWinter ParkLake MaryAltamonte SpringsWinter SpringsSanfordDeltonaApopkaJacksonvilleOrlandoUniversityWekiwa SpringsAlafayaOrlandoSanfordLake MaryAltamonte SpringsMaitlandWinter ParkUniversityCasselberryJacksonvilleLongwood
1
Orlando15.9 mi away
18%1,303
2
Sanford7.5 mi away
7%493
3
Longwood (in town)right here
6%419
4
Lake Mary4.7 mi away
5%379
54%313
6
Maitland5.2 mi away
4%308
7
Winter Park7.2 mi away
3%212
8
University12 mi away
2%135
9
Casselberry3.2 mi away
2%127
10
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%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.

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