Work & commute · Pioneer

Work & commute in Pioneer, FL

Most working residents leave Pioneer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are LaBelle (16%), Fort Myers (8%) and Immokalee (3%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 308 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 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 306 Pioneer residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pioneer.

306live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pioneer goes to work

LaBelle14.5 mi away

16%50

Fort Myers38.7 mi away

8%25

Immokalee24.5 mi away

3%9

Miami90.8 mi away

2%7

Lehigh Acres27.2 mi away

2%7

Clewiston17.2 mi away

2%6

Fort Lauderdale77.7 mi away

2%5

Cape Coral48.5 mi away

2%5

Moore Haven10.3 mi away

1%4

Estero41.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%186

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

How far

How far Pioneer commutes

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

30%

32%

36%

2%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pioneer is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pioneer are

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

Jobs based in Pioneer

102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Pioneer residents hold

308 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+29%

Jobs based in Pioneer, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 102. 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.