Work & commute · Sky Lake

Work & commute in Sky Lake, FL

Most working residents leave Sky Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (24%), Lake Buena Vista (5%) and Kissimmee (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

90 of 3,229 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 3,139 Sky Lake residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 1,868 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sky Lake.

3,139live here, work elsewhere

90live and work here

1,868work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sky Lake goes to work

Orlando4.2 mi away

24%779

Lake Buena Vista10 mi away

5%147

Sky Lake (in town)right here

3%90

Kissimmee11.1 mi away

2%69

Oak Ridge1.9 mi away

2%69

Tampa74.3 mi away

2%49

Winter Park9.7 mi away

1%41

Jacksonville130.6 mi away

1%40

Altamonte Springs13.7 mi away

1%39

Pine Castle1.3 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,873

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

How far

How far Sky Lake commutes

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

56%

21%

20%

56%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sky Lake is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sky Lake are

1,958 jobs are based in Sky Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sky Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sky Lake

1,958 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Sky Lake residents hold

3,229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+12%

Jobs based in Sky Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1,742 → 1,958. 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.