Bithlo has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 2% work in Bithlo; the top destination outside it is Orlando (24%, 16 miles). Employers in Bithlo report 797 jobs, and 4,006 of its residents work somewhere. Bithlo 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
Jobs and commuting in Bithlo: the gist
Bithlo is a place people come home to
There are 797 jobs based in Bithlo, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bithlo has about 7,300 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bithlo
58% of Bithlo residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Bithlo pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Bithlo has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bithlo went from 591 in 2013 to 797 in 2023, +35%. 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.
How Bithlo earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bithlo is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #333 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Bithlo’s grade up ($92,441, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (26.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bithlo could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Bithlo by day and by night
On a workday 3,912 residents head out to work, 94 work right here, and 703 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Bithlo on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Bithlo makes things: 28% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bithlo, 2013 → 2023: 591 → 797. 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 Bithlo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Bithlo work
Where Bithlo clocks in
24% 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.
About 30 minutes to work from Bithlo
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bithlo workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,797 commuters (the 13% 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 Bithlo
About 19% 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.
Getting around Bithlo: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bithlo is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #420 of 638 in Florida. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,527 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% 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). 4.2% of Bithlo households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Bithlo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000, Bithlo comes 1,677th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 343 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,675 | Garnet CA | 7,382 | $73K | 11.2% | 3.3% | 2% | B− |
| 1,676 | East Grand Forks MN | 8,906 | $78K | 12.4% | 3.5% | 17% | B− |
| 1,677 | Bithlo FL | 10,486 | $92K | 26.0% | 3.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,678 | Rhinebeck NY | 7,658 | $93K | 7.8% | 6.5% | 19% | B− |
| 1,679 | Reading OH | 10,491 | $62K | 12.0% | 4.6% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Bithlo, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How Bithlo compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Alafaya (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Bithlo’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 Bithlo: questions
What is the median household income in Bithlo?
$92,441 (±$33,888) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bithlo?
26.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bithlo?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bithlo work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (24%, 16 mi), University (7%, 6 mi), Alafaya (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bithlo walkable?
Bithlo is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bithlo without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bithlo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bithlo
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.