Work & commute · Pelican Bay

Work & commute in Pelican Bay, FL

Most working residents leave Pelican Bay for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Naples (7%), Fort Myers (4%) and Tampa (2%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

95 of 1,136 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

51%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,041 Pelican Bay residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 3,759 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pelican Bay.

1,041live here, work elsewhere

95live and work here

3,759work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pelican Bay goes to work

Pelican Bay (in town)right here

8%95

Naples5.9 mi away

7%80

Fort Myers26.5 mi away

4%42

Tampa126.5 mi away

2%27

Bonita Springs8.4 mi away

2%22

Miami104.4 mi away

2%19

Pelican Marsh2.1 mi away

1%17

Cape Coral30.5 mi away

1%16

Fort Lauderdale103.3 mi away

1%14

Jacksonville283.5 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%790

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

How far

How far Pelican Bay commutes

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

33%

11%

50%

33%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pelican Bay is a job hub

3.39jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pelican Bay are

3,854 jobs are based in Pelican Bay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pelican Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pelican Bay

3,854 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Pelican Bay residents hold

1,136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−29%

Jobs based in Pelican Bay, 2013 → 2023: 5,395 → 3,854. 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.