Work & commute · Zolfo Springs

Work & commute in Zolfo Springs, FL

Most working residents leave Zolfo Springs for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wauchula (14%), Fort Myers (2%) and Sebring (2%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 656 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 634 Zolfo Springs residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zolfo Springs.

634live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zolfo Springs goes to work

Wauchula4 mi away

14%91

Zolfo Springs (in town)right here

3%22

Fort Myers60.5 mi away

2%12

Sebring20.9 mi away

2%11

Arcadia19.3 mi away

2%10

Bartow27.3 mi away

2%10

Mulberry31.1 mi away

1%9

Avon Park18.4 mi away

1%9

Port St. Lucie87 mi away

1%9

Haines City44.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

71%465

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

How far

How far Zolfo Springs commutes

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

29%

14%

24%

33%

29%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zolfo Springs is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Zolfo Springs are

213 jobs are based in Zolfo Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Zolfo Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Zolfo Springs

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Zolfo Springs residents hold

656 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−4%

Jobs based in Zolfo Springs, 2013 → 2023: 223 → 213. 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.