Work & commute · Whiskey Creek

Work & commute in Whiskey Creek, FL

Most working residents leave Whiskey Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Myers (26%), Cape Coral (7%) and Villas (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 2,159 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,097 Whiskey Creek residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 1,118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whiskey Creek.

2,097live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

1,118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whiskey Creek goes to work

Fort Myers4.8 mi away

26%556

Cape Coral8.4 mi away

7%146

Villas2.2 mi away

4%95

Cypress Lake2.3 mi away

3%72

Whiskey Creek (in town)right here

3%62

Bonita Springs16.4 mi away

2%34

Tampa103 mi away

2%33

Estero11.5 mi away

1%31

McGregor1.6 mi away

1%29

Iona5.8 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,076

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

How far

How far Whiskey Creek commutes

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

63%

23%

63%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whiskey Creek is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whiskey Creek are

1,180 jobs are based in Whiskey Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whiskey Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whiskey Creek

1,180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Whiskey Creek residents hold

2,159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−28%

Jobs based in Whiskey Creek, 2013 → 2023: 1,643 → 1,180. 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.