Work & commute · Ona

Work & commute in Ona, FL

Most working residents leave Ona for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wauchula (19%), Arcadia (3%) and Avon Park (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 91 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 90 Ona residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ona.

90live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ona goes to work

Wauchula7.5 mi away

19%17

Arcadia18.4 mi away

3%3

Avon Park25.7 mi away

3%3

Sebring28.4 mi away

2%2

Fort Myers60 mi away

2%2

Cape Coral58.3 mi away

2%2

Port LaBelle59.5 mi away

2%2

Zolfo Springs7.6 mi away

1%1

Wilton Manors142.4 mi away

1%1

Mulberry29.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%57

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

How far

How far Ona commutes

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

34%

16%

21%

29%

34%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ona is a job hub

2.05jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ona are

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

Jobs based in Ona

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Ona residents hold

91 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−42%

Jobs based in Ona, 2013 → 2023: 323 → 187. 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.