Work & commute · Moore Haven

Work & commute in Moore Haven, FL

Most working residents leave Moore Haven for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are LaBelle (9%), Fort Myers (4%) and Clewiston (4%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 565 working residents

Typical commute

49 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 526 Moore Haven residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 399 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moore Haven.

526live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

399work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moore Haven goes to work

LaBelle23.2 mi away

9%49

Moore Haven (in town)right here

7%39

Fort Myers47.6 mi away

4%25

Clewiston11.3 mi away

4%23

Lehigh Acres36.7 mi away

2%10

South Bay24.5 mi away

1%8

Belle Glade28.4 mi away

1%8

Cape Coral57 mi away

1%8

Port LaBelle18.3 mi away

1%7

St. Petersburg114.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%382

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

How far

How far Moore Haven commutes

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

15%

20%

18%

48%

15%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moore Haven is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Moore Haven are

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

Jobs based in Moore Haven

438 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Moore Haven residents hold

565 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−24%

Jobs based in Moore Haven, 2013 → 2023: 575 → 438. 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.