Cheval’s household incomes are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 27% of workers (Florida 16%). 4.6% of residents are in poverty, next to 12.6% for Florida as a whole. Jobs and income earn Cheval A; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Cheval, in brief
Cheval has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Cheval went from 2,113 in 2013 to 3,510 in 2023, +66%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Cheval
27% of Cheval workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Cheval and Tampa trade workers both ways
Tampa is the top workplace for Cheval residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Cheval come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The quickest commute around
Cheval’s 28-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 31 to 32 minutes. Next door ↓
Nearly all the work in Cheval is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Cheval
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cheval is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #48 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, 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, Cheval could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Most jobs in Cheval are in services
3,510 jobs are based in Cheval.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cheval, 2013 → 2023: 2,113 → 3,510. 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 Cheval’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Cheval’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cheval workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,960 commuters (the 27% 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.
32% of working residents work in Tampa
Where Cheval clocks in
32% of workers
4% 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.
Who commutes out of Cheval, and who commutes in
On a workday 5,726 residents head out to work, 211 work right here, and 3,299 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Cheval on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The commute from Cheval, by distance
About 18% 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.
Few in Cheval walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cheval is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #502 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Cheval 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 6,771 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 2.9% of Cheval households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cheval’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cheval next to U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000: 483rd of 2,227 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 118 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 179 | Lake Mary FL | 16,789 | $109K | 3.5% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 481 | Mission Township KS | 10,195 | $122K | 4.5% | 3.3% | 7% | A |
| 482 | Sturbridge MA | 10,120 | $137K | 3.7% | 3.5% | 15% | A |
| 483 | Cheval FL | 13,969 | $102K | 4.6% | 3.5% | 4% | A |
| 484 | Tyrone Township MI | 12,270 | $100K | 5.9% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| 485 | Windham NH | 16,259 | $190K | 2.0% | 5.5% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | 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 Cheval, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Cheval and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Lutz (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Cheval’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 Cheval: questions
What is the median household income in Cheval?
$101,907 (±$10,542) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cheval?
4.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cheval?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cheval work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (32%, 13 mi), Town 'n' Country (4%, 10 mi), East Lake-Orient Park (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cheval walkable?
Cheval is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cheval without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cheval, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cheval
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.