Most of Alafaya commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns. 18,838 jobs are based in Alafaya for 41,438 working residents. Alafaya grades B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Alafaya
A lot of Alafaya works one town over
36% of working residents work in a town that borders Alafaya: Orlando (29%) and University (7%). Next door ↓
Alafaya draws workers from far and wide
The 18,838 jobs in Alafaya are filled from a wide area. Alafaya’s own residents hold 14% and the ten next-biggest home towns 18%; the other 68% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Alafaya has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Alafaya went from 13,488 in 2013 to 18,838 in 2023, +40%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Alafaya are held by workers 29 or younger, against 26% of Alafaya’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Alafaya gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Alafaya is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #183 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Alafaya’s grade up (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Alafaya could be anywhere from B to A−.
29% of working residents work in Orlando
Where Alafaya clocks in
29% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Alafaya’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alafaya, 2013 → 2023: 13,488 → 18,838. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alafaya’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Alafaya
On a workday 38,751 residents head out to work, 2,687 work right here, and 16,151 people come in from elsewhere.
About 70,000 people are in Alafaya on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Alafaya: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alafaya workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 39,189 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Alafaya commutes less than 14 miles
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Alafaya, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Alafaya is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #455 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 50,248 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 12% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 12% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Alafaya households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Alafaya’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 65,000 to 125,000, Alafaya ranks 210th of 485 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | Bethesda MD | 69,397 | $192K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 130 | Doral FL | 81,634 | $94K | 10.3% | 3.3% | 21% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 208 | Boca Raton FL | 101,582 | $106K | 10.0% | 5.5% | 32% | B+ |
| 209 | Tracy CA | 101,901 | $121K | 7.8% | 5.5% | 17% | B+ |
| 210 | Alafaya FL | 92,449 | $101K | 9.3% | 4.9% | 6% | B+ |
| 211 | Rochester MN | 124,292 | $89K | 8.5% | 3.7% | 76% | B+ |
| 212 | Bismarck ND | 77,963 | $78K | 9.3% | 2.5% | 69% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 485 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Alafaya, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns next door employ 36% of Alafaya
The biggest share goes to Orlando (29%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alafaya workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alafaya | – | B+ | B− | 31 min | $100,950 |
| Bithlo | under 2% | B− | B− | 30 min | $92,441 |
| Wedgefield | under 2% | A | C− | 35 min | $120,156 |
| Union Park | under 2% | B | C+ | 26 min | $70,000 |
| Orlando | 29% | B− | A | 26 min | $72,336 |
| University | 7% | C+ | A | 24 min | $59,852 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Alafaya’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Alafaya: questions
What is the median household income in Alafaya?
$100,950 (±$2,224) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alafaya?
9.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alafaya?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alafaya work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (29%, 9 mi), University (7%, 4 mi), Maitland (2%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Alafaya walkable?
Alafaya is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Alafaya without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 12% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alafaya, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alafaya
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.