Work & commute · Poinciana

Work & commute in Poinciana, FL

Most working residents leave Poinciana for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (11%), Lake Buena Vista (9%) and Kissimmee (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

721 of 28,843 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28,122 Poinciana residents head out of town to work, 721 work right here, and 2,580 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poinciana.

28,122live here, work elsewhere

721live and work here

2,580work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poinciana goes to work

Orlando26.2 mi away

11%3,227

Lake Buena Vista17.9 mi away

9%2,464

Kissimmee13.2 mi away

5%1,375

Poinciana (in town)right here

2%721

Lakeland29.4 mi away

2%653

Bartow26.4 mi away

2%626

Tampa61.7 mi away

2%617

Winter Haven16.3 mi away

2%517

Haines City8.5 mi away

2%484

Four Corners18 mi away

2%470

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%17,689

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

How far

How far Poinciana commutes

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

44%

24%

7%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poinciana is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Poinciana are

3,301 jobs are based in Poinciana. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Poinciana’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Poinciana

3,301 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Poinciana residents hold

28,843 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+138%

Jobs based in Poinciana, 2013 → 2023: 1,386 → 3,301. 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.