Work & commute · Southeast Arcadia

Work & commute in Southeast Arcadia, FL

Most working residents leave Southeast Arcadia for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Arcadia (15%), Port Charlotte (4%) and Venice (2%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 2,231 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,165 Southeast Arcadia residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 940 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southeast Arcadia.

2,165live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

940work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southeast Arcadia goes to work

Arcadia2.5 mi away

15%329

Port Charlotte21.1 mi away

4%79

Southeast Arcadia (in town)right here

3%66

Venice34.9 mi away

2%46

Fort Myers39.3 mi away

2%43

Tampa66.1 mi away

2%35

Lakeland60.4 mi away

2%35

Punta Gorda24.1 mi away

2%34

North Port23 mi away

1%25

Orlando94.6 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%1,517

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

How far

How far Southeast Arcadia commutes

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

25%

14%

23%

38%

25%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southeast Arcadia is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Southeast Arcadia are

1,006 jobs are based in Southeast Arcadia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southeast Arcadia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southeast Arcadia

1,006 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Southeast Arcadia residents hold

2,231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+240%

Jobs based in Southeast Arcadia, 2013 → 2023: 296 → 1,006. 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.