Work & commute · San Carlos Park

Work & commute in San Carlos Park, FL

Most working residents leave San Carlos Park for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Myers (10%), Bonita Springs (8%) and Estero (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

562 of 9,347 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,785 San Carlos Park residents head out of town to work, 562 work right here, and 3,463 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Carlos Park.

8,785live here, work elsewhere

562live and work here

3,463work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Carlos Park goes to work

Fort Myers9.8 mi away

10%961

Bonita Springs8.8 mi away

8%727

San Carlos Park (in town)right here

6%562

Estero3.7 mi away

6%520

Cape Coral15.9 mi away

4%338

Naples22.6 mi away

3%304

Villas5.6 mi away

3%271

Tampa110.6 mi away

1%101

Iona9.2 mi away

1%93

Pelican Marsh15.8 mi away

1%85

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%5,385

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

How far

How far San Carlos Park commutes

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

40%

37%

20%

40%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Carlos Park is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Carlos Park are

4,025 jobs are based in San Carlos Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Carlos Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Carlos Park

4,025 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs San Carlos Park residents hold

9,347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+118%

Jobs based in San Carlos Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,850 → 4,025. 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.