Most of Astor commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 140 jobs in Astor, against 602 working residents. Jobs and income earn Astor D−; getting around on foot earns it C. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Florida.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Astor at work: what stands out
Astor is a place people come home to
There are 140 jobs based in Astor, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Astor has about 930 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Astor workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 602 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Astor gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Astor’s grade up ($56,979, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Astor’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Astor could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How many people are in Astor by day
On a workday 591 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Astor on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
From Astor, about 41 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Astor workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 633 commuters (the 4% 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 Astor commutes
About 34% 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.
5% of working residents work in DeLand
Where Astor clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Astor: what the 140 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Astor, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 140. 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 Astor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Astor, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Astor is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 661 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.5% of Astor households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Astor’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, and where Astor sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Fisher Island FL | 1,026 | $250K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,367 | Fallsbury Township OH | 1,031 | $47K | 45.9% | 13.3% | 1% | D− |
| 5,368 | Nashville WI | 1,359 | $56K | 20.2% | 4.1% | 20% | D− |
| 5,369 | Astor FL | 1,391 | $57K | 19.7% | 3.2% | 2% | D− |
| 5,370 | Parachute CO | 1,366 | $59K | 27.5% | 18.7% | 8% | D− |
| 5,371 | St. Elmo IL | 1,213 | $45K | 27.8% | 7.4% | 11% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Astor, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Astor: questions
What is the median household income in Astor?
$56,979 (±$11,203) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Astor?
19.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Astor?
41 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Astor work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are DeLand (5%, 18 mi), Orlando (5%, 50 mi), Tavares (4%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Astor walkable?
Astor is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Astor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Astor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Astor
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.