Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Brooker works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 34 minutes; Florida averages 28, the U.S. 26. 60 jobs are based in Brooker, against 159 working residents. Only 1% work in Brooker; the top destination outside it is Gainesville (28%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Brooker
On a workday 157 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Brooker on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Commuting out of Brooker: the destinations
Where Brooker clocks in
28% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Brooker
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brooker, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 60. 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 Brooker’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Brooker, about 34 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brooker workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 89 commuters (the 16% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Brooker
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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 Brooker: questions
What is the median household income in Brooker?
$71,875 (±$13,546) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brooker?
2.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brooker?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brooker work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (28%, 14 mi), Jacksonville (11%, 51 mi), Starke (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brooker without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brooker, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brooker
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.