Work & commute · Southchase

Work & commute in Southchase, FL

Most working residents leave Southchase for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (25%), Lake Buena Vista (7%) and Kissimmee (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

173 of 8,085 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 7,912 Southchase residents head out of town to work, 173 work right here, and 6,582 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southchase.

7,912live here, work elsewhere

173live and work here

6,582work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southchase goes to work

Orlando7.6 mi away

25%2,037

Lake Buena Vista8 mi away

7%601

Kissimmee5.5 mi away

2%193

Southchase (in town)right here

2%173

Tampa71.9 mi away

2%130

Jacksonville136.2 mi away

1%111

Hunters Creek3.1 mi away

1%96

Altamonte Springs19.4 mi away

1%82

Winter Park15.3 mi away

1%75

University18.6 mi away

1%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%4,513

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

How far

How far Southchase commutes

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

51%

27%

17%

51%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southchase is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Southchase are

6,755 jobs are based in Southchase. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southchase’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southchase

6,755 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Southchase residents hold

8,085 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+69%

Jobs based in Southchase, 2013 → 2023: 3,999 → 6,755. 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.