Work & commute · Olga

Work & commute in Olga, FL

Most working residents leave Olga for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Myers (20%), North Fort Myers (4%) and Cape Coral (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 891 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 854 Olga residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 719 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olga.

854live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

719work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olga goes to work

Fort Myers10.6 mi away

20%175

Olga (in town)right here

4%37

North Fort Myers9.4 mi away

4%36

Cape Coral19.3 mi away

4%35

Villas15.4 mi away

3%25

Lehigh Acres7.4 mi away

2%22

Bonita Springs25.1 mi away

2%21

Estero20.6 mi away

2%16

Tampa99.4 mi away

1%11

Verandah3.3 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%502

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

How far

How far Olga commutes

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

19%

42%

12%

26%

19%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olga is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Olga are

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

Jobs based in Olga

756 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Olga residents hold

891 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+148%

Jobs based in Olga, 2013 → 2023: 305 → 756. 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.