Work & commute · Palmona Park

Work & commute in Palmona Park, FL

Most working residents leave Palmona Park for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cape Coral (15%), Fort Myers (10%) and North Fort Myers (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 444 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 440 Palmona Park residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmona Park.

440live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palmona Park goes to work

Cape Coral7.1 mi away

15%65

Fort Myers6.3 mi away

10%45

North Fort Myers3.6 mi away

7%31

Villas10 mi away

3%14

Bonita Springs24.2 mi away

2%10

Orlando128.1 mi away

2%8

Naples37.7 mi away

1%6

Tampa95.2 mi away

1%6

Cypress Lake10.4 mi away

1%6

Estero19.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%248

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

How far

How far Palmona Park commutes

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

40%

17%

14%

29%

40%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palmona Park is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmona Park are

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

Jobs based in Palmona Park

119 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Palmona Park residents hold

444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−25%

Jobs based in Palmona Park, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 119. 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.