Work & commute · Port LaBelle

Work & commute in Port LaBelle, FL

Most working residents leave Port LaBelle for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are LaBelle (17%), Fort Myers (7%) and Clewiston (2%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 2,247 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 2,227 Port LaBelle residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port LaBelle.

2,227live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

278work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port LaBelle goes to work

LaBelle5 mi away

17%374

Fort Myers29.4 mi away

7%149

Clewiston27.4 mi away

2%50

Lehigh Acres18.8 mi away

2%48

Cape Coral38.7 mi away

2%45

Immokalee23.4 mi away

2%45

Moore Haven18.3 mi away

2%35

Tampa106.9 mi away

1%28

Lakeland96.1 mi away

1%28

Bonita Springs37.4 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%1,423

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

How far

How far Port LaBelle commutes

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

23%

11%

31%

35%

23%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port LaBelle is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port LaBelle are

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

Jobs based in Port LaBelle

298 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Port LaBelle residents hold

2,247 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−61%

Jobs based in Port LaBelle, 2013 → 2023: 768 → 298. 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.