Photo: Connor J. Williams · CC BY 3.0Davenport has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B: better than 58% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #273 of 638 in Florida.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns · #590 of 638 in Florida.
Household incomes here are lower than in 52% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 41 minutes each way (Florida 28, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Davenport; the top destination outside it is Lake Buena Vista (17%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Davenport
Jobs in Davenport have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Davenport went from 317 in 2013 to 664 in 2023, +109%. The jobs ↓
Davenport workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Davenport is a place people come home to
There are 664 jobs based in Davenport, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Davenport has about 13,000 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What’s behind Davenport’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Davenport is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #273 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Davenport’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Davenport could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Davenport makes things: 34% of its jobs are in goods
664 jobs are based in Davenport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Davenport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Davenport, 2013 → 2023: 317 → 664. 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.
About 41 minutes each way, longer than most of Florida
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Davenport workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,782 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Davenport quiets down on a workday
On a workday 5,484 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 622 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Davenport on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.12 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.
17% of working residents work in Lake Buena Vista
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Davenport clocks in
17% of workers
8% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Davenport commutes less than 20 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18% 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.
Most trips from Davenport start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Davenport is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #590 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% 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 6,655 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 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.8% of Davenport households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Davenport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Davenport is 1,049th of 1,822 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 24,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Davenport, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,047 | Guilford Township PA | 15,371 | $78K | 9.8% | 3.4% | 12% | B |
| 1,048 | Hillcrest Heights MD | 16,063 | $83K | 10.7% | 7.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,049 | Davenport FL | 18,110 | $74K | 14.0% | 2.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,050 | Fayetteville GA | 20,465 | $82K | 8.1% | 7.4% | 10% | B |
| 1,051 | Santa Fe TX | 13,913 | $99K | 10.4% | 8.5% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,822 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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.
Davenport and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Haines City (5%). Darker towns draw more of Davenport’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Davenport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davenport | – | B | C− | 41 min | $73,685 |
| Haines City | 5% | C+ | B− | 36 min | $65,975 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Davenport: questions
What is the median household income in Davenport?
$73,685 (±$6,486) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Davenport?
14.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Davenport?
41 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Davenport work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Buena Vista (17%, 16 mi), Orlando (8%, 28 mi), Haines City (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Davenport walkable?
Davenport is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Davenport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Davenport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Davenport
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.