Work & commute · Ocala

Work & commute in Ocala, FL

44% of Ocala’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (3%), Jacksonville (2%) and Orlando (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

10,730 of 24,263 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,533 Ocala residents head out of town to work, 10,730 work right here, and 58,398 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ocala.

13,533live here, work elsewhere

10,730live and work here

58,398work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ocala goes to work

Ocala (in town)right here

44%10,730

Gainesville36.6 mi away

3%715

Jacksonville85.2 mi away

2%511

Orlando69.9 mi away

2%501

Tampa85.9 mi away

2%402

The Villages21.5 mi away

1%287

Wildwood27.1 mi away

1%270

Lady Lake22.2 mi away

1%194

Liberty Triangle8.1 mi away

1%189

Lakeland78.4 mi away

1%188

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%10,276

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

How far

How far Ocala commutes

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

53%

31%

53%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ocala is a job hub

2.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ocala are

69,128 jobs are based in Ocala. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ocala’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ocala

69,128 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ocala residents hold

24,263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+24%

Jobs based in Ocala, 2013 → 2023: 55,695 → 69,128. 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.