Work & commute · Tavares

Work & commute in Tavares, FL

Most working residents leave Tavares for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (8%), Leesburg (5%) and Mount Dora (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,339 of 7,772 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 6,433 Tavares residents head out of town to work, 1,339 work right here, and 16,105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tavares.

6,433live here, work elsewhere

1,339live and work here

16,105work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tavares goes to work

Tavares (in town)right here

17%1,339

Orlando33.2 mi away

8%659

Leesburg9.5 mi away

5%407

Mount Dora8.1 mi away

4%313

Eustis7.9 mi away

4%287

Apopka14.3 mi away

2%140

Jacksonville108.6 mi away

2%137

Tampa70.3 mi away

2%133

Altamonte Springs23.1 mi away

1%105

Maitland25 mi away

1%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%4,162

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

How far

How far Tavares commutes

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

35%

19%

23%

22%

35%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tavares is a job hub

2.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tavares are

17,444 jobs are based in Tavares. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tavares’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tavares

17,444 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Tavares residents hold

7,772 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+47%

Jobs based in Tavares, 2013 → 2023: 11,870 → 17,444. 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.