Photo: The Bushranger · CC BY-SA 4.0Chiefland draws 1,743 commuters a day, with 2.1 jobs for every working resident
About one in ten work in Chiefland itself; outside it, Gainesville draws the most (12%, 34 miles). Employers in Chiefland report 1,844 jobs for 860 working residents. Getting around Chiefland on foot earns B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Chiefland in brief
Chiefland is where the jobs are
Chiefland has 1,844 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,400 people are in town, 40% more than the 2,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Chiefland’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Chiefland is Gainesville, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (104) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
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 860 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Chiefland fills up on a workday
On a workday 759 residents head out to work and 101 work right here.
About 3,400 people are in Chiefland on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Chiefland
About 33% 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.
Where Chiefland’s workers come from
Where Chiefland clocks in
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Chiefland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chiefland, 2013 → 2023: 1,591 → 1,844. 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 Chiefland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Chiefland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chiefland workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 639 commuters (the 10% 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.
In Chiefland, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chiefland is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Chiefland 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 709 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 16.4% of Chiefland households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chiefland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Around Chiefland: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chiefland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiefland | – | — | B+ | 31 min | — |
| Manatee Road | under 2% | D− | D− | 32 min | $51,708 |
| Andrews | under 2% | D | C− | 30 min | $52,955 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chiefland’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 Chiefland: questions
What is the poverty rate in Chiefland?
25.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chiefland?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chiefland work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (12%, 34 mi), Bronson (6%, 14 mi), Jacksonville (4%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chiefland walkable?
Chiefland is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chiefland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chiefland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chiefland
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.