Most of Citrus Hills commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 823 jobs in Citrus Hills for 2,495 working residents. Jobs and income earn Citrus Hills B+; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 3% work in Citrus Hills; the top destination outside it is Inverness (12%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Citrus Hills
The better-paid jobs are outside Citrus Hills
54% of Citrus Hills residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 31% of the jobs based in Citrus Hills pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% 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 ↓
Commutes from Citrus Hills are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker, and quicker than any town next door (24 to 32 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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.
What’s behind Citrus Hills’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Citrus Hills is better than 67% of U.S. towns, #201 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Citrus Hills’ grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Citrus Hills could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Citrus Hills, 2014 → 2024: 694 → 823. 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 Citrus Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Citrus Hills works
About 41% 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 long Citrus Hills spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Citrus Hills workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,754 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 commutes out of Citrus Hills, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,416 residents head out to work, 79 work right here, and 744 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,600 people are in Citrus Hills on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Where Citrus Hills’ working residents head each day
Where Citrus Hills clocks in
12% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
Citrus Hills is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Citrus Hills is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #556 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Citrus Hills 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 2,250 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 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 3.4% of Citrus Hills households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Citrus Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Citrus Hills ranks: 1,239th of 2,867 U.S. towns of 6,500 to 12,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 344 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,237 | Santa Clara OR | 10,551 | $88K | 8.9% | 4.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,238 | Park City KS | 9,458 | $74K | 12.5% | 2.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,239 | Citrus Hills FL | 9,304 | $86K | 5.9% | 2.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,240 | Hapeville GA | 7,410 | $96K | 9.3% | 6.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,241 | Middleton ID | 12,600 | $89K | 7.9% | 4.1% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,867 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Citrus Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How Citrus Hills compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Citrus Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus Hills | – | B+ | C | 21 min | $85,837 |
| Hernando | 2% | D− | C− | 32 min | $43,076 |
| Pine Ridge | 2% | C | B− | 24 min | $71,014 |
| Lecanto | 3% | C+ | C+ | 30 min | $56,215 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lecanto. Darker towns draw more of Citrus Hills’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 Citrus Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Citrus Hills?
$85,837 (±$5,041) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Citrus Hills?
5.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Citrus Hills?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Citrus Hills work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Inverness (12%, 6 mi), Ocala (5%, 26 mi), Lecanto (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Citrus Hills walkable?
Citrus Hills is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Citrus Hills 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 Citrus Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Citrus Hills
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.