Work & commute · Winter Park

Work & commute in Winter Park, FL

Most working residents leave Winter Park for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (29%), Maitland (4%) and University (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,585 of 12,871 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,286 Winter Park residents head out of town to work, 1,585 work right here, and 32,097 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winter Park.

11,286live here, work elsewhere

1,585live and work here

32,097work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winter Park goes to work

Orlando8.7 mi away

29%3,682

Winter Park (in town)right here

12%1,585

Maitland2.8 mi away

4%482

University9 mi away

3%390

Altamonte Springs5.2 mi away

2%284

Tampa81.3 mi away

2%215

Jacksonville121.7 mi away

2%209

Lake Mary11.8 mi away

1%182

Lake Buena Vista18.7 mi away

1%181

Sanford14 mi away

1%164

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%5,497

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

How far

How far Winter Park commutes

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

58%

20%

19%

58%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winter Park is a job hub

2.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Winter Park are

33,682 jobs are based in Winter Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winter Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winter Park

33,682 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Winter Park residents hold

12,871 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+28%

Jobs based in Winter Park, 2013 → 2023: 26,291 → 33,682. 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.