Work & commute · Sawgrass

Work & commute in Sawgrass, FL

Most working residents leave Sawgrass for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (41%), Palm Valley (12%) and Jacksonville Beach (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

102 of 2,063 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,961 Sawgrass residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 1,134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sawgrass.

1,961live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

1,134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sawgrass goes to work

Jacksonville20.1 mi away

41%846

Palm Valley1.9 mi away

12%238

Jacksonville Beach5.7 mi away

5%109

Sawgrass (in town)right here

5%102

St. Augustine20.6 mi away

3%63

Nocatee7.6 mi away

1%30

Tampa167.4 mi away

1%24

Orlando118.7 mi away

1%23

Tallahassee172.8 mi away

1%17

Gainesville68.3 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%594

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

How far

How far Sawgrass commutes

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

34%

38%

24%

34%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sawgrass 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 Sawgrass are

1,236 jobs are based in Sawgrass. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sawgrass’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sawgrass

1,236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Sawgrass residents hold

2,063 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+33%

Jobs based in Sawgrass, 2013 → 2023: 926 → 1,236. 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.