Work & commute · Three Oaks

Work & commute in Three Oaks, FL

Most working residents leave Three Oaks for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Myers (12%), Estero (7%) and Bonita Springs (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 2,991 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,941 Three Oaks residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Three Oaks.

2,941live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

323work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Three Oaks goes to work

Fort Myers10.2 mi away

12%367

Estero3.3 mi away

7%213

Bonita Springs8.3 mi away

7%195

Naples22.3 mi away

4%110

Cape Coral17.1 mi away

4%106

Florida Gulf Coast University2.1 mi away

3%97

San Carlos Park1.4 mi away

3%83

Villas6.6 mi away

3%79

Three Oaks (in town)right here

2%50

Tampa111.4 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,657

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

How far

How far Three Oaks commutes

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

42%

37%

18%

42%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Three Oaks is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Three Oaks are

373 jobs are based in Three Oaks. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Three Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Three Oaks

373 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Three Oaks residents hold

2,991 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+99%

Jobs based in Three Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 373. 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.