Charlotte Park has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Charlotte Park is better than 56% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (A). Charlotte Park has 199 jobs for 687 working residents. Measured by household income, Charlotte Park is behind 74% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Charlotte Park in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Charlotte Park than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Charlotte Park fell from 422 in 2014 to 199 in 2024, −53%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
Charlotte Park is a place people come home to
There are 199 jobs based in Charlotte Park, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Charlotte Park has about 1,500 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 687 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Charlotte Park’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Charlotte Park’s grade up (3.7%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($60,302, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Charlotte Park’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Charlotte Park could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
What Charlotte Park’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Charlotte Park, 2014 → 2024: 422 → 199. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Charlotte Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Charlotte Park
About 38% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Charlotte Park
On a workday 686 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Charlotte Park on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Punta Gorda
Where Charlotte Park clocks in
16% 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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Charlotte Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Charlotte Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 485 commuters (the 3% 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.
Charlotte Park is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 500 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 4.3% of Charlotte Park households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Charlotte Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Charlotte Park comes 1,892nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 99 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,890 | Sheffield Township OH | 1,471 | $92K | 5.9% | 3.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,891 | East Sonora CA | 2,651 | $78K | 11.6% | 0.7% | 6% | B |
| 1,892 | Charlotte Park FL | 1,966 | $60K | 3.7% | 4.2% | <1% | B |
| 1,893 | West Glendive MT | 2,121 | $55K | 2.6% | 1.0% | 14% | B |
| 1,894 | Maroa IL | 1,517 | $73K | 6.8% | 5.3% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Charlotte Park, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns next door employ 16% of Charlotte Park
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Charlotte Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Park | – | B | A | 24 min | $60,302 |
| Punta Gorda | 16% | B− | B | 27 min | $85,779 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Punta Gorda. Darker towns draw more of Charlotte Park’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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Charlotte Park: questions
What is the median household income in Charlotte Park?
$60,302 (±$17,481) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Charlotte Park?
3.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Charlotte Park?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Charlotte Park work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Punta Gorda (16%, 1 mi), Port Charlotte (10%, 7 mi), Fort Myers (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Charlotte Park walkable?
Charlotte Park is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Charlotte Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Charlotte Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Charlotte Park
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. 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.