Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Coleman at work: jobs, income and the commute
The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average (Florida 28, U.S. 26). 2% of workers work from home, where Florida as a whole has 16%. 209 jobs are based in Coleman; 222 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Coleman: the figures worth knowing
Few Coleman workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Coleman are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
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 222 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Getting to work from Coleman takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coleman workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 335 commuters (the 2% 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 and out of Coleman on a workday
On a workday 221 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 208 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 (0.94 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.
19% of working residents work in Wildwood
Where Coleman clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
66% of the jobs in Coleman pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coleman, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 209. 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 Coleman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Coleman
About 25% 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.
19% of Coleman works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Wildwood. Darker towns draw more of Coleman’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 Coleman: questions
What is the median household income in Coleman?
$54,063 (±$22,094) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coleman?
10.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coleman?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coleman work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wildwood (19%, 4 mi), The Villages (11%, 8 mi), Leesburg (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coleman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coleman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coleman
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.