Household incomes in Combee Settlement are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, against 16% across Florida. 27.3% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 12.6% for Florida as a whole. The two grades for Combee Settlement are C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Combee Settlement
Combee Settlement and Lakeland trade workers both ways
Lakeland is the top workplace for Combee Settlement residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Combee Settlement come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Combee Settlement is a place people come home to
There are 651 jobs based in Combee Settlement, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Combee Settlement has about 3,400 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Combee Settlement are in trade, transport and utilities, against 29% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Combee Settlement’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Combee Settlement is better than 16% of U.S. towns, #590 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Combee Settlement’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($40,384, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Combee Settlement could be anywhere from D to B.
25% of working residents work in Lakeland
Where Combee Settlement clocks in
25% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Combee Settlement on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,481 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 614 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Combee Settlement on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.26 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 651 jobs based in Combee Settlement
651 jobs are based in Combee Settlement.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Combee Settlement, 2013 → 2023: 583 → 651. 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 Combee Settlement’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Combee Settlement takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Combee Settlement workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,932 commuters (the 6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Combee Settlement
About 21% 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.
Driving is how Combee Settlement gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Combee Settlement is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #448 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 2,047 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 6.2% of Combee Settlement households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Combee Settlement’s commuters take a bus or train.
Combee Settlement is 3,123rd of 3,582 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 143 | Vineyards FL | 3,849 | $131K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 190 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,121 | La Verkin UT | 4,515 | $68K | 23.5% | 5.7% | 9% | C− |
| 3,122 | Ticonderoga NY | 4,549 | $65K | 17.4% | 4.8% | 38% | C− |
| 3,123 | Combee Settlement FL | 5,242 | $40K | 27.3% | 7.1% | 1% | C− |
| 3,124 | Springfield MI | 5,246 | $45K | 19.1% | 9.7% | 4% | C− |
| 3,125 | Penns Grove NJ | 4,934 | $46K | 44.1% | 13.0% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Combee Settlement, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
25% of Combee Settlement works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Combee Settlement workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combee Settlement | – | C− | B− | 29 min | $40,384 |
| Lakeland | 25% | B− | A | 23 min | $64,185 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lakeland. Darker towns draw more of Combee Settlement’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 Combee Settlement: questions
What is the median household income in Combee Settlement?
$40,384 (±$9,183) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Combee Settlement?
27.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Combee Settlement?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Combee Settlement work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lakeland (25%, 3 mi), Bartow (6%, 13 mi), Plant City (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Combee Settlement walkable?
Combee Settlement is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 13.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Combee Settlement without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Combee Settlement, from the people who make the trip.
More of Combee Settlement
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.