With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Cloud Lake works elsewhere
Cloud Lake has 29 jobs for 75 working residents. Hardly any work in Cloud Lake itself; outside it, West Palm Beach draws the most (11%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, next to 16% for Florida as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Cloud Lake: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 95 people are in Cloud Lake on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Cloud Lake: the destinations
Where Cloud Lake clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Cloud Lake is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cloud Lake, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 29. 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 Cloud Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cloud Lake workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 101 commuters (the 1% 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.
How many miles Cloud Lake commutes
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.
Next door to Cloud Lake
The biggest share goes to Glen Ridge (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cloud Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Lake | – | — | — | 23 min | $68,920 |
| Glen Ridge | 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Glen Ridge: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cloud Lake’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 Cloud Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Cloud Lake?
$68,920 (±$19,016) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cloud Lake?
4.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cloud Lake?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cloud Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Palm Beach (11%, 6 mi), Palm Springs (9%, 3 mi), Boca Raton (8%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cloud Lake without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cloud Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cloud Lake
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.