Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0There are 1.7 jobs in Cedar Key for every working resident, and 321 people commute in
Home is the office for 32% of workers; Florida has 16%. There are 359 jobs in Cedar Key for 206 working residents. About one in five work in Cedar Key; the top destination outside it is Gainesville (12%, 55 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Cedar Key apart
A big share show a job far from home
57% 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 ↓
Cedar Key’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cedar Key is Gainesville, 55 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (24) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Cedar Key works from home
32% of Cedar Key workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. 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 206 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cedar Key
About 57% 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.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Cedar Key
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Key workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 156 commuters (the 32% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Cedar Key
On a workday 168 residents head out to work and 38 work right here.
About 900 people are in Cedar Key on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Cedar Key’s workforce comes from
Where Cedar Key clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
What Cedar Key’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Key, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 359. 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 Cedar Key’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 Cedar Key: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Key?
$64,375 (±$22,643) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Key?
26.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Key?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Key work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (12%, 55 mi), Ocala (6%, 54 mi), Bronson (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cedar Key without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Key, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Key
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.