Work & commute · Pierson

Work & commute in Pierson, FL

Most working residents leave Pierson for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are DeLand (13%), Daytona Beach (5%) and Orlando (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 702 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 636 Pierson residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 866 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pierson.

636live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

866work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pierson goes to work

DeLand18.3 mi away

13%90

Pierson (in town)right here

9%66

Daytona Beach22 mi away

5%35

Orlando53.8 mi away

4%27

Jacksonville76.6 mi away

4%25

Seville7.3 mi away

2%16

Palm Coast24.1 mi away

2%14

Ormond Beach21.8 mi away

2%13

Port Orange28.2 mi away

2%11

Tampa107.5 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%394

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

How far

How far Pierson commutes

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

18%

29%

27%

18%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pierson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pierson are

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

Jobs based in Pierson

932 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Pierson residents hold

702 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+54%

Jobs based in Pierson, 2013 → 2023: 607 → 932. 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.