Work & commute · West DeLand

Work & commute in West DeLand, FL

Most working residents leave West DeLand for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are DeLand (19%), Orlando (7%) and Daytona Beach (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,821 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,807 West DeLand residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West DeLand.

1,807live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

171work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West DeLand goes to work

DeLand2.9 mi away

19%350

Orlando37.6 mi away

7%125

Daytona Beach18.7 mi away

5%98

Sanford16.1 mi away

3%60

Orange City6.3 mi away

3%48

Jacksonville93.3 mi away

2%39

Lake Mary17.3 mi away

2%34

Deltona10.7 mi away

1%25

New Smyrna Beach22.9 mi away

1%23

Port Orange20.5 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%997

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

How far

How far West DeLand commutes

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

31%

23%

26%

20%

31%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West DeLand is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West DeLand are

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

Jobs based in West DeLand

185 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs West DeLand residents hold

1,821 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−22%

Jobs based in West DeLand, 2013 → 2023: 236 → 185. 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.