Work & commute · Ocklawaha

Work & commute in Ocklawaha, FL

Most working residents leave Ocklawaha for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ocala (16%), The Villages (6%) and Lady Lake (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 570 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 564 Ocklawaha residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ocklawaha.

564live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ocklawaha goes to work

Ocala15.9 mi away

16%92

The Villages10.8 mi away

6%33

Lady Lake8.7 mi away

5%29

Wildwood17.2 mi away

5%28

Leesburg22.8 mi away

4%21

Orlando54.3 mi away

3%18

Jacksonville90.6 mi away

2%14

Silver Springs Shores6.6 mi away

2%13

Tampa81.4 mi away

2%11

Gainesville50.3 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%300

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

How far

How far Ocklawaha commutes

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

23%

37%

12%

29%

23%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ocklawaha is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ocklawaha are

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

Jobs based in Ocklawaha

151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Ocklawaha residents hold

570 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+36%

Jobs based in Ocklawaha, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 151. 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.