Work & commute · Sanibel

Work & commute in Sanibel, FL

About one in 5 of Sanibel’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Myers (7%), Cape Coral (3%) and Bonita Springs (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

264 of 1,351 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,087 Sanibel residents head out of town to work, 264 work right here, and 1,500 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sanibel.

1,087live here, work elsewhere

264live and work here

1,500work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sanibel goes to work

Sanibel (in town)right here

20%264

Fort Myers20.5 mi away

7%99

Cape Coral14.9 mi away

3%41

Bonita Springs21 mi away

3%39

Cypress Lake14.1 mi away

2%30

Tampa107.2 mi away

2%26

Villas16.3 mi away

2%21

Iona10.1 mi away

2%21

Orlando147.7 mi away

1%20

Naples28.3 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%772

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

How far

How far Sanibel commutes

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

23%

26%

42%

23%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sanibel is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sanibel are

1,764 jobs are based in Sanibel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sanibel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sanibel

1,764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Sanibel residents hold

1,351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−47%

Jobs based in Sanibel, 2013 → 2023: 3,335 → 1,764. 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.