Bay Hill’s household incomes are higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A+: among the top U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #1 of 638 in Florida.
Walkability C: more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns · #539 of 638 in Florida.
Working residents average 24 minutes each way (Florida 28, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Bay Hill; the top destination outside it is Orlando (27%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Bay Hill, in brief
A lot of Bay Hill works from home
24% of Bay Hill workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Bay Hill empties out on a workday
About 3,100 people are in Bay Hill on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 4,500 who live here: 2,100 head out to work and 630 come in. 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.
What’s behind Bay Hill’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bay Hill is among the top U.S. towns, #1 of 638 in Florida. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bay Hill’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bay Hill could be anywhere from A to A+.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bay Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,609 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Bay Hill quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,087 residents head out to work, 58 work right here, and 632 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Bay Hill on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.32 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.
27% of working residents work in Orlando
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Bay Hill clocks in
27% of workers
5% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
690 jobs are based in Bay Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bay Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bay Hill, 2013 → 2023: 604 → 690. 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.
Half of Bay Hill commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 22% 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.
Most trips from Bay Hill start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bay Hill is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #539 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% 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 2,120 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.9% of Bay Hill households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bay Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bay Hill is 48th of 3,862 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bay Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Bunker Hill Village TX | 3,896 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 47 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 48 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| 49 | Hillandale MD | 5,060 | $165K | 3.5% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 50 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Vineyards FL | 3,849 | $131K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
Bay Hill and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Doctor Phillips (3%). Darker towns draw more of Bay Hill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bay Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Hill | – | A+ | C | 24 min | $127,763 |
| Lake Butler | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 28 min | $182,500 |
| Doctor Phillips | 3% | B− | B | 24 min | $103,950 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Bay Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Bay Hill?
$127,763 (±$24,938) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bay Hill?
0.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bay Hill?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bay Hill work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (27%, 12 mi), Lake Buena Vista (5%, 6 mi), Doctor Phillips (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bay Hill walkable?
Bay Hill is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bay Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bay Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bay Hill
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.