Work & commute · Mayo

Work & commute in Mayo, FL

Most working residents leave Mayo for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (6%), Perry (5%) and Live Oak (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

56 of 436 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 380 Mayo residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mayo.

380live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mayo goes to work

Mayo (in town)right here

13%56

Gainesville56 mi away

6%26

Perry24.6 mi away

5%21

Live Oak20.4 mi away

5%20

Jacksonville92.6 mi away

4%17

Lake City33.3 mi away

3%13

Branford16.3 mi away

2%10

Ocala86.3 mi away

1%6

Madison32.3 mi away

1%5

Tallahassee69.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%257

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

How far

How far Mayo commutes

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

25%

24%

14%

37%

25%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mayo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mayo are

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

Jobs based in Mayo

510 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Mayo residents hold

436 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−2%

Jobs based in Mayo, 2013 → 2023: 521 → 510. 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.