Photo: Connor J Williams · CC BY 2.0Household incomes in Altamonte Springs trail those of 67% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 8.0 in Orlando. 11.9% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 12.6% for Florida as a whole. The two grades for Altamonte Springs are B− for jobs and income and A− 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 Altamonte Springs
Altamonte Springs draws workers from far and wide
The 34,129 jobs in Altamonte Springs are filled from a wide area. Altamonte Springs’ own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 23%; the other 72% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Altamonte Springs gains people on a workday
About 59,000 people are in Altamonte Springs on a workday afternoon, 24% more than the 48,000 who live here: 32,000 come in to work and 21,000 head out. Day and night ↓
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.
The four measures behind Altamonte Springs’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Altamonte Springs is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #337 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Altamonte Springs’ grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($64,070, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Altamonte Springs could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
21% of working residents work in Orlando
Where Altamonte Springs clocks in
21% of workers
5% 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.
How a workday changes Altamonte Springs
On a workday 21,055 residents head out to work, 1,705 work right here, and 32,424 people come in from elsewhere.
About 59,000 people are in Altamonte Springs on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.50 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Altamonte Springs’ employers do
34,129 jobs are based in Altamonte Springs.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Altamonte Springs, 2013 → 2023: 30,980 → 34,129. 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 Altamonte Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Altamonte Springs, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Altamonte Springs workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21,389 commuters (the 17% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Altamonte Springs
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Altamonte Springs
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Altamonte Springs is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #223 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.8% 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 25,773 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 60% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 6.2% of Altamonte Springs households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Altamonte Springs’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 34,000 to 65,000, Altamonte Springs ranks 624th of 909 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
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| 44 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | Cooper City FL | 35,030 | $132K | 5.0% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 622 | Bourbonnais Township IL | 38,541 | $76K | 10.0% | 5.5% | 26% | B− |
| 623 | Valparaiso IN | 35,177 | $70K | 14.9% | 3.6% | 30% | B− |
| 624 | Altamonte Springs FL | 48,000 | $64K | 11.9% | 5.1% | 7% | B− |
| 625 | Kearney NE | 34,782 | $70K | 12.4% | 2.9% | 61% | B− |
| 626 | Pinellas Park FL | 52,295 | $63K | 12.9% | 4.6% | 13% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 909 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Altamonte Springs, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns around Altamonte Springs
The biggest share goes to Maitland (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Altamonte Springs workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altamonte Springs | – | B− | A− | 26 min | $64,070 |
| Fern Park | under 2% | B | A− | 25 min | $59,428 |
| Forest City | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 27 min | $85,606 |
| Wekiwa Springs | under 2% | A | B | 25 min | $116,596 |
| Maitland | 5% | B+ | B | 23 min | $97,150 |
| Casselberry | under 2% | B | A− | 28 min | $62,447 |
| Lockhart | under 2% | C | A− | 29 min | $69,602 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Altamonte Springs’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 Altamonte Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Altamonte Springs?
$64,070 (±$3,600) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Altamonte Springs?
11.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Altamonte Springs?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Altamonte Springs work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (21%, 14 mi), Maitland (5%, 2 mi), Sanford (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Altamonte Springs walkable?
Altamonte Springs is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Altamonte Springs without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Altamonte Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Altamonte Springs
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.