Work & commute · Port Orange

Work & commute in Port Orange, FL

Most working residents leave Port Orange for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Daytona Beach (21%), DeLand (7%) and Ormond Beach (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

3,635 of 25,833 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 22,198 Port Orange residents head out of town to work, 3,635 work right here, and 11,919 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Orange.

22,198live here, work elsewhere

3,635live and work here

11,919work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Orange goes to work

Daytona Beach7.4 mi away

21%5,319

Port Orange (in town)right here

14%3,635

DeLand17.7 mi away

7%1,816

Ormond Beach13.9 mi away

4%1,124

New Smyrna Beach6.8 mi away

4%1,011

Orlando48.1 mi away

3%892

Jacksonville93 mi away

3%746

South Daytona3.7 mi away

3%669

Edgewater11.7 mi away

1%380

Holly Hill9.4 mi away

1%357

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%9,884

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

How far

How far Port Orange commutes

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

44%

18%

12%

26%

44%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Orange is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Orange are

15,554 jobs are based in Port Orange. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Orange’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Port Orange

15,554 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Port Orange residents hold

25,833 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+22%

Jobs based in Port Orange, 2013 → 2023: 12,704 → 15,554. 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.