Photo: Connor J Williams · CC BY 2.0Chuluota has lower unemployment (1.5%) than 90% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Chuluota is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Chuluota A; getting around on foot earns it C. Hardly any work in Chuluota itself; outside it, Orlando draws the most (20%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Chuluota
Chuluota workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Chuluota is a place people come home to
There are 186 jobs based in Chuluota, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chuluota has about 1,100 people in it, 49% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Chuluota
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Chuluota is better than 85% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chuluota could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Time on the road from Chuluota: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chuluota workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 768 commuters (the 22% 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 leaves Chuluota for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,245 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Chuluota on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer than live here.
0.15 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 places Chuluota commutes to
Where Chuluota clocks in
20% 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.
What Chuluota’s employers do
186 jobs are based in Chuluota.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chuluota, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 186. 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 Chuluota’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Chuluota’s workers travel
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.
Most trips from Chuluota start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chuluota is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 982 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). 0.2% of Chuluota households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chuluota’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Chuluota is 562nd of 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 560 | Manchester PA | 2,821 | $77K | 7.2% | 0.1% | 2% | A |
| 561 | Towanda Township IL | 1,998 | $119K | 2.9% | 3.7% | 1% | A |
| 562 | Chuluota FL | 2,187 | $98K | 9.3% | 1.5% | 1% | A |
| 563 | Snowmass Village CO | 2,965 | $103K | 1.7% | 0.0% | 32% | A− |
| 564 | Alpha NJ | 2,362 | $90K | 5.8% | 2.4% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Chuluota, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Chuluota and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Oviedo (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Chuluota’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 Chuluota: questions
What is the median household income in Chuluota?
$97,688 (±$30,885) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chuluota?
9.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chuluota?
38 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chuluota work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (20%, 17 mi), University (8%, 6 mi), Oviedo (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chuluota walkable?
Chuluota is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chuluota without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chuluota, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chuluota
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.