Work & commute · Waldo

Work & commute in Waldo, FL

Most working residents leave Waldo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (48%), Jacksonville (2%) and Ocala (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 321 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 317 Waldo residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waldo.

317live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waldo goes to work

Gainesville13.3 mi away

48%155

Jacksonville48.2 mi away

2%7

Ocala42.5 mi away

2%7

Starke11.2 mi away

2%6

Alachua19.1 mi away

2%5

Waldo (in town)right here

1%4

Lake City39.5 mi away

1%4

Newberry27.6 mi away

1%4

Tallahassee132.7 mi away

1%4

Lake Butler18.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%122

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

How far

How far Waldo commutes

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

59%

10%

23%

8%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waldo is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waldo are

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

Jobs based in Waldo

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Waldo residents hold

321 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−52%

Jobs based in Waldo, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 129. 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.