Photo: The Bushranger · CC BY-SA 4.0About three in four of Capitola’s working residents commute to Tallahassee
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers (Florida 16%). Hardly any work in Capitola itself; outside it, Tallahassee draws the most (75%, 10 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 23 minutes, where Florida has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Capitola quiets down on a workday
On a workday 110 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Capitola on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 towns that employ Capitola’s residents
Where Capitola clocks in
75% of workers
1% of workers
1% 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 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Capitola workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 122 commuters (the 4% 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 in the region Capitola works
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 Capitola: questions
What is the median household income in Capitola?
$34,430 (±$27,268) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Capitola?
7.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Capitola?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Capitola work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Capitola without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Capitola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Capitola
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.