Photo: Connor J. Williams · CC BY 3.0Celebration draws 12,954 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Celebration are A for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Celebration has 13,494 jobs for 5,348 working residents. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 8.0 in Orlando.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Celebration
Home offices are common in Celebration
34% of Celebration workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Celebration is where the jobs are
Celebration has 13,494 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 22,000 people are in town, 60% more than the 14,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Celebration draws workers from far and wide
The 13,494 jobs in Celebration are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 29%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Celebration has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Celebration went from 9,615 in 2013 to 13,494 in 2023, +40%. The jobs ↓
The biggest group of Celebration’s workers comes from Orlando
934 of the people who work in Celebration live in Orlando, 18 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Celebration earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Celebration is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #43 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Celebration could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Celebration
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Celebration workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,932 commuters (the 34% 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.
Who commutes out of Celebration, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,808 residents head out to work and 540 work right here.
About 22,000 people are in Celebration on a workday afternoon, 60% 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 the people who work in Celebration live
Where Celebration clocks in
23% of workers
13% of workers
2% 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.
Most jobs in Celebration are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Celebration, 2013 → 2023: 9,615 → 13,494. 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 Celebration’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Celebration
About 20% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Celebration
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Celebration is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #251 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Celebration near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,974 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.5% of Celebration households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Celebration’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,059 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 18,000, Celebration comes 393rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 165 | Lake Mary FL | 16,789 | $109K | 3.5% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 199 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 391 | Poland Township OH | 14,464 | $95K | 5.2% | 2.0% | 6% | A |
| 392 | Portsmouth RI | 17,474 | $117K | 4.9% | 3.1% | 16% | A |
| 393 | Celebration FL | 13,667 | $96K | 3.8% | 3.3% | 10% | A |
| 394 | Tenafly NJ | 15,237 | $208K | 3.5% | 6.8% | 5% | A |
| 395 | Greendale WI | 14,426 | $95K | 8.4% | 2.1% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,059 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Celebration, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Celebration: questions
What is the median household income in Celebration?
$96,242 (±$11,265) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Celebration?
3.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Celebration?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Celebration work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Buena Vista (23%, 5 mi), Orlando (13%, 18 mi), Kissimmee (2%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Celebration walkable?
Celebration is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Celebration without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Celebration, from the people who make the trip.
More of Celebration
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.