Red Barn · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Buckhead Ridge has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Florida 16%). 26 jobs are based in Buckhead Ridge; 481 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Buckhead Ridge; the top destination outside it is Okeechobee (11%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Buckhead Ridge stands out on work
Buckhead Ridge is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Buckhead Ridge, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Buckhead Ridge has about 530 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
54% 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 ↓
Commutes from Buckhead Ridge are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
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 481 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Buckhead Ridge on a workday afternoon
On a workday 478 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Buckhead Ridge on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
The distance from Buckhead Ridge to work
About 54% 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.
Time on the road from Buckhead Ridge: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buckhead Ridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 434 commuters (the 5% 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.
Where people from Buckhead Ridge work
Where Buckhead Ridge clocks in
11% of workers
3% 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.
Jobs in Buckhead Ridge: what the 26 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buckhead Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 26. 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 Buckhead Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Buckhead Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Buckhead Ridge?
$43,167 (±$16,066) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buckhead Ridge?
8.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buckhead Ridge?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buckhead Ridge work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Okeechobee (11%, 8 mi), Fort Myers (3%, 68 mi), Clewiston (2%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Buckhead Ridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Buckhead Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buckhead Ridge
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.