Work & commute · Ocoee

Work & commute in Ocoee, FL

Most working residents leave Ocoee for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (26%), Lake Buena Vista (5%) and Winter Garden (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,289 of 22,463 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21,174 Ocoee residents head out of town to work, 1,289 work right here, and 14,806 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ocoee.

21,174live here, work elsewhere

1,289live and work here

14,806work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ocoee goes to work

Orlando14.8 mi away

26%5,834

Ocoee (in town)right here

6%1,289

Lake Buena Vista14.1 mi away

5%1,179

Winter Garden4.7 mi away

4%842

Maitland10.3 mi away

2%499

Apopka8.5 mi away

2%418

Altamonte Springs10.1 mi away

2%397

Winter Park11.4 mi away

2%381

Tampa71.2 mi away

2%352

Jacksonville121.7 mi away

2%348

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%10,924

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

How far

How far Ocoee commutes

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

39%

38%

19%

39%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ocoee is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ocoee are

16,095 jobs are based in Ocoee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ocoee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ocoee

16,095 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ocoee residents hold

22,463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+35%

Jobs based in Ocoee, 2013 → 2023: 11,941 → 16,095. 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.