Black Hammock has 0.7 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C+: better than 36% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Florida 28, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Black Hammock; the top destination outside it is Orlando (16%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Black Hammock
Black Hammock makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Black Hammock are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Black Hammock residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Black Hammock are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Black Hammock
67% of Black Hammock residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 49% of the jobs based in Black Hammock pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. 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; with 535 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Black Hammock’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Black Hammock is better than 36% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Black Hammock’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($51,563, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.9%) is left out: Black Hammock’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Black Hammock could be anywhere from C− to A.
Black Hammock makes things: 51% of its jobs are in goods
351 jobs are based in Black Hammock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Black Hammock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Black Hammock, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 351. 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.
About 21 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 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Black Hammock workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 598 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Black Hammock quiets down on a workday
On a workday 531 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 347 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Black Hammock on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
16% 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 Black Hammock clocks in
16% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Black Hammock commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 20% 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 Black Hammock start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Black Hammock is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. 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 734 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). 4.9% of Black Hammock households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Black Hammock’s commuters take a bus or train.
Black Hammock is 2,396th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Black Hammock, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Fisher Island FL | 1,026 | $250K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Golden Beach FL | 1,029 | $236K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Belleair Beach FL | 1,581 | $164K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,394 | Prairie Township IL | 1,204 | $68K | 8.8% | 1.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,395 | Warren Township OH | 1,062 | $69K | 12.9% | 1.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,396 | Black Hammock FL | 1,290 | $52K | 14.6% | 6.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,397 | West Sharyland TX | 1,664 | $47K | 12.3% | 2.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,398 | Ballard UT | 1,303 | $87K | 11.9% | 8.0% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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.
Black Hammock and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Oviedo (5%). Darker towns draw more of Black Hammock’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Black Hammock workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hammock | – | C+ | C− | 21 min | $51,563 |
| Oviedo | 5% | A− | B− | 27 min | $117,070 |
| Winter Springs | under 2% | A− | B | 29 min | $92,574 |
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 Black Hammock: questions
What is the median household income in Black Hammock?
$51,563 (±$50,847) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Black Hammock?
14.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Black Hammock?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Black Hammock work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (16%, 19 mi), Sanford (8%, 8 mi), University (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Black Hammock walkable?
Black Hammock is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Black Hammock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Black Hammock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Black Hammock
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.