Work & commute · Orlando

Work & commute in Orlando, FL

About one in 3 of Orlando’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lake Buena Vista (4%), Winter Park (2%) and Maitland (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

50,779 of 142,990 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 92,211 Orlando residents head out of town to work, 50,779 work right here, and 328,932 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orlando.

92,211live here, work elsewhere

50,779live and work here

328,932work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orlando goes to work

Orlando (in town)right here

36%50,779

Lake Buena Vista13.9 mi away

4%5,677

Winter Park8.7 mi away

2%3,420

Maitland11.3 mi away

2%2,954

University11.1 mi away

2%2,592

Tampa78.3 mi away

2%2,252

Jacksonville130.4 mi away

2%2,158

Altamonte Springs13.7 mi away

1%2,118

Alafaya9.1 mi away

1%1,448

Winter Garden17.3 mi away

1%1,271

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%68,321

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

How far

How far Orlando commutes

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

54%

25%

17%

54%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orlando is a job hub

2.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orlando are

379,711 jobs are based in Orlando. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orlando’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Orlando

379,711 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Orlando residents hold

142,990 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+39%

Jobs based in Orlando, 2013 → 2023: 273,886 → 379,711. 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.