Photo: Freeholdman12 · CC BY 4.0At 5.7%, unemployment in Clermont is higher than in 71% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Clermont are B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in ten work in Clermont; the top destination outside it is Orlando (15%, 25 miles). Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average, where Florida has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Clermont in brief
Clermont trades workers with the towns around it
Clermont has about as many jobs (18,344) as working residents (18,643), but they are mostly different people: 16,510 residents leave for work each day while 16,211 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Clermont are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Clermont has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Clermont went from 10,013 in 2013 to 18,344 in 2023, +83%. The jobs ↓
Clermont draws workers from far and wide
The 18,344 jobs in Clermont are filled from a wide area. Clermont’s own residents hold 12% and the ten next-biggest home towns 21%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Clermont’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Clermont is Orlando, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (2,766) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Clermont: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clermont is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #216 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate holds Clermont’s grade up (5.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clermont could be anywhere from B− to A.
A workday in Clermont: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 16,510 residents head out to work, 2,133 work right here, and 16,211 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Clermont’s 18,344 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clermont, 2013 → 2023: 10,013 → 18,344. 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 Clermont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Clermont’s residents
Where Clermont clocks in
15% of workers
7% 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.
How many miles Clermont commutes
About 20% 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.
Getting to work from Clermont takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clermont workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,074 commuters (the 21% 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.
Getting around Clermont: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clermont is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #324 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 19,118 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). 3.5% of Clermont households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clermont’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Clermont is 456th of 837 U.S. towns of 37,000 to 71,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 454 | Cedar Hill TX | 49,801 | $102K | 10.0% | 7.4% | 5% | B |
| 455 | Monroe Township NJ | 38,137 | $97K | 8.2% | 6.7% | 9% | B |
| 456 | Clermont FL | 52,812 | $82K | 5.4% | 5.7% | 11% | B |
| 457 | Kendale Lakes FL | 52,622 | $72K | 10.3% | 4.0% | 4% | B |
| 458 | Henrietta NY | 48,832 | $86K | 12.5% | 4.1% | 23% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 837 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Clermont, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How Clermont compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Groveland (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Clermont’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 Clermont: questions
What is the median household income in Clermont?
$82,306 (±$7,686) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clermont?
5.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clermont?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clermont work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (15%, 25 mi), Lake Buena Vista (7%, 16 mi), Tavares (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clermont walkable?
Clermont is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clermont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clermont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clermont
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.