Tween Waters Inn Historic District · Photo: Pietro · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Captiva has 3.6 jobs per working resident, and 292 people come in to work
There are 298 jobs in Captiva; 82 of its residents have a job. Only 7% stay in Captiva for work; outside it, Fort Myers is the main destination (6%, 23 miles). 70% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Captiva, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 76 residents head out to work and 6 work right here.
About 320 people are in Captiva on a workday afternoon, 218% more 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.
Where Captiva’s workers come from
Where Captiva clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Captiva, 2013 → 2023: 801 → 298. 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 Captiva’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Captiva
of Captiva workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 commuters (the 70% 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.
How far Captiva’s workers travel
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.
The towns around Captiva
The biggest share goes to Sanibel (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Captiva’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 Captiva: questions
What is the poverty rate in Captiva?
47.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Captiva work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Myers (6%, 23 mi), Fort Lauderdale (6%, 129 mi), Cape Coral (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Captiva 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 Captiva, from the people who make the trip.
More of Captiva
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.