Work & commute · Winter Garden

Work & commute in Winter Garden, FL

Most working residents leave Winter Garden for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (23%), Lake Buena Vista (9%) and Ocoee (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,853 of 22,274 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,421 Winter Garden residents head out of town to work, 1,853 work right here, and 19,612 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winter Garden.

20,421live here, work elsewhere

1,853live and work here

19,612work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winter Garden goes to work

Orlando17.3 mi away

23%5,146

Lake Buena Vista12.3 mi away

9%1,921

Winter Garden (in town)right here

8%1,853

Ocoee4.7 mi away

3%669

Maitland14.9 mi away

2%432

Tampa66.5 mi away

2%361

Clermont7.8 mi away

1%329

Jacksonville124.1 mi away

1%318

Winter Park15.7 mi away

1%315

Altamonte Springs14.8 mi away

1%315

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%10,615

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

How far

How far Winter Garden commutes

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

23%

54%

19%

23%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winter Garden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Winter Garden are

21,465 jobs are based in Winter Garden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winter Garden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winter Garden

21,465 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Winter Garden residents hold

22,274 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+107%

Jobs based in Winter Garden, 2013 → 2023: 10,380 → 21,465. 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.