Work & commute · Starke

Work & commute in Starke, FL

Most working residents leave Starke for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (17%), Gainesville (14%) and Green Cove Springs (2%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

342 of 2,118 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,776 Starke residents head out of town to work, 342 work right here, and 3,121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Starke.

1,776live here, work elsewhere

342live and work here

3,121work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Starke goes to work

Jacksonville38 mi away

17%367

Starke (in town)right here

16%342

Gainesville23.2 mi away

14%290

Green Cove Springs26 mi away

2%44

Tallahassee132.5 mi away

2%38

Alachua25.1 mi away

1%26

Ocala53.2 mi away

1%24

Tampa138.5 mi away

1%24

Lake Butler14.6 mi away

1%22

Orlando112.5 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%919

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

How far

How far Starke commutes

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

21%

19%

35%

25%

21%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Starke is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Starke are

3,463 jobs are based in Starke. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Starke’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Starke

3,463 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Starke residents hold

2,118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−17%

Jobs based in Starke, 2013 → 2023: 4,149 → 3,463. 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.