Whidden's Marina · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Bokeelia
Only 6% work in Bokeelia itself; outside it, Cape Coral draws the most (13%, 9 miles). For jobs and income Bokeelia is better than 34% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (B−). Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bokeelia apart on work
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
Bokeelia’s workforce skews older
36% of Bokeelia’s working residents are 55 or older. 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 546 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Bokeelia’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Bokeelia’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: Bokeelia’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, Bokeelia could be anywhere from D to B.
Short hops and long hauls from Bokeelia
About 33% 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.
Bokeelia makes things: 28% of its jobs are in goods
362 jobs are based in Bokeelia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bokeelia, 2013 → 2023: 313 → 362. 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 Bokeelia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bokeelia on a workday afternoon
On a workday 514 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Bokeelia on a workday afternoon, 10% 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.
The places Bokeelia commutes to
Where Bokeelia clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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 27 minutes each way for Bokeelia’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bokeelia workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 607 commuters (the 18% 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.
Few in Bokeelia walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 740 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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 Bokeelia households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bokeelia’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,991st of 5,234: where Bokeelia ranks among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,989 | Parkston SD | 1,540 | $70K | 7.5% | 3.3% | 30% | C |
| 2,990 | Ripley Township IN | 2,064 | $66K | 10.6% | 2.6% | 2% | C |
| 2,991 | Bokeelia FL | 1,930 | $71K | 7.5% | 5.7% | 6% | C |
| 2,992 | Mokuleia HI | 1,655 | $89K | 15.0% | 2.5% | 0% | C |
| 2,993 | Algodones NM | 1,479 | $68K | 18.1% | 7.2% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Bokeelia, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Bokeelia
The biggest share goes to Pine Island Center (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bokeelia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bokeelia | – | C | B− | 27 min | $71,250 |
| Pineland | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Pine Island Center | 3% | C− | B− | 23 min | $68,173 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pineland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bokeelia’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 Bokeelia: questions
What is the median household income in Bokeelia?
$71,250 (±$12,670) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bokeelia?
7.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bokeelia?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bokeelia work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cape Coral (13%, 9 mi), Fort Myers (9%, 20 mi), St. James City (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bokeelia walkable?
Bokeelia is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bokeelia 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 Bokeelia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bokeelia
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.