Work & commute · Marco Island

Work & commute in Marco Island, FL

About one in 3 of Marco Island’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Naples (3%), Fort Myers (2%) and Tampa (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

1,724 of 4,780 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,056 Marco Island residents head out of town to work, 1,724 work right here, and 5,539 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marco Island.

3,056live here, work elsewhere

1,724live and work here

5,539work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marco Island goes to work

Marco Island (in town)right here

36%1,724

Naples16.1 mi away

3%165

Fort Myers48 mi away

2%79

Tampa148.4 mi away

2%76

Bonita Springs29.5 mi away

1%57

Goodland3.6 mi away

1%57

Cape Coral52.4 mi away

1%54

Miami93.7 mi away

1%46

Orlando177.1 mi away

1%46

Fort Lauderdale97.8 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%2,433

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

How far

How far Marco Island commutes

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

39%

18%

35%

39%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marco Island is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marco Island are

7,263 jobs are based in Marco Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marco Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marco Island

7,263 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Marco Island residents hold

4,780 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+36%

Jobs based in Marco Island, 2013 → 2023: 5,359 → 7,263. 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.