Work & commute · Matlacha

Work & commute in Matlacha, FL

Most working residents leave Matlacha for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cape Coral (14%), St. James City (12%) and Fort Myers (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 177 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 173 Matlacha residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Matlacha.

173live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Matlacha goes to work

Cape Coral5 mi away

14%24

St. James City6.5 mi away

12%21

Fort Myers15.2 mi away

8%15

Bokeelia5 mi away

3%6

Matlacha (in town)right here

2%4

Pine Island Center3.2 mi away

2%4

North Fort Myers15.4 mi away

2%4

Sanibel13 mi away

2%3

Lehigh Acres27.2 mi away

2%3

Doral120.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%91

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

How far

How far Matlacha commutes

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

33%

21%

37%

33%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Matlacha is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Matlacha are

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

Jobs based in Matlacha

117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Matlacha residents hold

177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+52%

Jobs based in Matlacha, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 117. 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.