Work & commute · Wauchula

Work & commute in Wauchula, FL

Most working residents leave Wauchula for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Bartow (3%), Lakeland (2%) and Sebring (2%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

331 of 1,831 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,500 Wauchula residents head out of town to work, 331 work right here, and 2,592 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wauchula.

1,500live here, work elsewhere

331live and work here

2,592work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wauchula goes to work

Wauchula (in town)right here

18%331

Bartow23.5 mi away

3%47

Lakeland36.2 mi away

2%36

Sebring22.8 mi away

2%29

Ona7.5 mi away

1%27

Arcadia22.7 mi away

1%25

Bowling Green6.3 mi away

1%20

Fort Myers64.2 mi away

1%19

Avon Park18.8 mi away

1%18

Winter Haven34.8 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%1,262

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

How far

How far Wauchula commutes

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

29%

17%

20%

34%

29%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wauchula is a job hub

1.60jobs 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 Wauchula are

2,923 jobs are based in Wauchula. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wauchula’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wauchula

2,923 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Wauchula residents hold

1,831 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−12%

Jobs based in Wauchula, 2013 → 2023: 3,304 → 2,923. 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.