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Work & commute · Wildwood

Work & commute in Wildwood, FL

About one in 5 of Wildwood’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are The Villages (12%), Lady Lake (5%) and Leesburg (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
20%
1,048 of 5,348 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
18%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,300 Wildwood residents head out of town to work, 1,048 work right here, and 12,013 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wildwood.

4,300live here, work elsewhere
1,048live and work here
12,013work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wildwood goes to work

ColemanFruitland ParkLady LakeBushnellTavaresLeesburgJacksonvilleOcalaWildwoodTampaOrlandoLake PanasoffkeeSilver Springs ShoresMarion OaksThe VillagesSpring HillThe VillagesLady LakeLeesburgOcalaJacksonvilleOrlandoTavaresTampaBushnellWildwood
1
Wildwood (in town)right here
20%1,048
2
The Villages6.5 mi away
12%663
3
Lady Lake9.1 mi away
5%260
4
Leesburg8.8 mi away
5%242
5
Ocala27.1 mi away
4%230
6
Jacksonville107.7 mi away
2%125
7
Orlando47.5 mi away
2%104
8
Tavares15.4 mi away
2%99
9
Tampa64.5 mi away
2%91
10
Bushnell10.3 mi away
1%53
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%2,433

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

How far

How far Wildwood commutes

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

43%Under 10 mi
17%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
27%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wildwood is a job hub

2.44jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wildwood are

13,061 jobs are based in Wildwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wildwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wildwood

13,061 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Wildwood residents hold

5,348 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month46%
+164%

Jobs based in Wildwood, 2013 → 2023: 4,949 → 13,061. 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.

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