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Jobs & commute in Charleston Park

Most of Charleston Park commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident

Employers in Charleston Park report 1 jobs; 135 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Charleston Park for work; outside it, Fort Myers is the main destination (20%, 17 miles). 37% of workers have no commute at all; Florida has 16%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Charleston Park on a workday afternoon

On a workday 135 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

135live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night44
Workday0
44live here− 140head out to work+ 1come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Charleston Park on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.01jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Charleston Park’s working residents head each day

Naples: 3 residents work here (2%)Deerfield Beach: 3 residents work here (2%)Fort Myers: 27 residents work here (20%)Bonita Springs: 3 residents work here (2%)Cape Coral: 8 residents work here (6%)Tampa: 3 residents work here (2%)Charleston ParkFort Myers Shores: 3 residents work here (2%)Villas: 3 residents work here (2%)Alva: 5 residents work here (4%)Apollo BeachLehigh Acres: 6 residents work here (4%)Fort MyersCape CoralLehigh AcresAlvaNaplesDeerfield BeachCharleston Park
1
Fort Myers16.6 mi away
20%27
2
Cape Coral26.1 mi away
6%8
3
Lehigh Acres7.3 mi away
4%6
4
Alva2.9 mi away
4%5
5
Naples40.6 mi away
2%3
6
Deerfield Beach94 mi away
2%3
7
Bonita Springs27.3 mi away
2%3
8
Tampa103 mi away
2%3
9
Fort Myers Shores10.9 mi away
2%3
10
Villas20.7 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%71
The top trips

Where Charleston Park clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

The kinds of work in Charleston Park

Jobs based in Charleston ParkJobs Charleston Park residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%27%
Trade, transport & utilities100%15%
Services: health, schools, offices0%59%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%36%
Over $3,333 a month0%56%

Who does it

29 or younger0%21%
30 to 54100%52%
55 and older0%27%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Charleston Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Charleston Park

Working from home
37%

of Charleston Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.

About 4 in 10
How Charleston Park gets to work
59%Walk
41%Other

Share of the 22 commuters (the 37% 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

Half of Charleston Park commutes less than 20 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFort Myers: 20% · 16.6 miCape Coral: 6% · 26.1 miLehigh Acres: 4% · 7.3 miAlva: 4% · 2.9 miNaples: 2% · 40.6 miDeerfield Beach: 2% · 94 miBonita Springs: 2% · 27.3 miTampa: 2% · 103 miFort Myers Shores: 2% · 10.9 miVillas: 2% · 20.7 miFort Myers 20%Cape Coral 6%Lehigh Acres 4%Alva 4%Naples 2%Charleston Park
Charleston ParkTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi12 residents
48%10–24 mi65 residents
16%25–50 mi22 residents
27%Over 50 mi36 residents

About 27% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Charleston Park: questions

What is the poverty rate in Charleston Park?

50.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Charleston Park work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Myers (20%, 17 mi), Cape Coral (6%, 26 mi), Lehigh Acres (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Charleston Park, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Charleston Park

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.