Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5Apopka has higher household incomes than 74% of U.S. towns
Only 7% work in Apopka; the top destination outside it is Orlando (23%, 20 miles). The poverty rate is 10.2% (Florida 12.6%). Jobs and income earn Apopka B+; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Apopka at work: what stands out
Where Apopka’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Apopka is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #157 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Apopka’s grade up (ahead of 79% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Apopka could be anywhere from B to A.
The towns that employ Apopka’s residents
Where Apopka clocks in
23% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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 many people are in Apopka by day
On a workday 23,863 residents head out to work, 1,741 work right here, and 15,104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 57,000 people are in Apopka on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Apopka: what the 16,845 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Apopka, 2013 → 2023: 13,414 → 16,845. 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 Apopka’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Apopka: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Apopka workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23,653 commuters (the 20% 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.
How many miles Apopka commutes
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.
The commute in Apopka is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Apopka is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #454 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 29,572 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 42% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 67% 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). 2.4% of Apopka households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Apopka’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 46,000 to 88,000, Apopka ranks 279th of 661 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 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 143 | Coral Gables FL | 49,578 | $134K | 9.4% | 3.6% | 18% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 277 | Taylorsville UT | 57,484 | $86K | 8.9% | 4.3% | 5% | B+ |
| 278 | Palos Township IL | 55,372 | $86K | 8.8% | 4.8% | 10% | B+ |
| 279 | Apopka FL | 65,552 | $97K | 10.2% | 3.8% | 7% | B+ |
| 280 | Skokie IL | 66,544 | $95K | 9.7% | 5.2% | 10% | B+ |
| 281 | New Rochelle NY | 85,864 | $109K | 10.1% | 5.9% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 661 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 28% | 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 Apopka, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Apopka and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Apopka workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apopka | – | B+ | B− | 31 min | $96,884 |
| Clarcona | under 2% | B− | C− | 27 min | $41,861 |
| Zellwood | under 2% | A− | D | 22 min | $70,278 |
| Paradise Heights | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| South Apopka | under 2% | C− | A | 35 min | $61,151 |
Same-state neighbors only. Paradise Heights: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Apopka’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 Apopka: questions
What is the median household income in Apopka?
$96,884 (±$6,737) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Apopka?
10.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Apopka?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Apopka work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (23%, 20 mi), Maitland (4%, 11 mi), Altamonte Springs (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Apopka walkable?
Apopka is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Apopka without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Apopka, from the people who make the trip.
More of Apopka
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.