Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0Dundee’s household incomes are lower than in 89% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Dundee itself; outside it, Winter Haven draws the most (9%, 8 miles). 26.0% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 12.6% for Florida as a whole. Dundee grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Dundee apart
The four measures behind Dundee’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dundee is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #491 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Dundee’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dundee could be anywhere from C− to B−.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dundee workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,303 commuters (the 10% 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.
A workday in Dundee: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,617 residents head out to work, 106 work right here, and 1,156 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Dundee on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.46 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.
Where people from Dundee work
Where Dundee clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 28% of Dundee’s jobs are in goods
1,262 jobs are based in Dundee.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dundee, 2013 → 2023: 1,167 → 1,262. 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 Dundee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Dundee, by distance
About 22% 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.
Few in Dundee walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dundee is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #511 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Dundee near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,559 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 under 0.1 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). 1.7% of Dundee households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dundee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dundee next to U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,700: 2,434th of 3,306 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 167 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,432 | Shelbyville IL | 4,537 | $52K | 13.2% | 3.2% | 34% | C |
| 2,433 | Granville NY | 6,194 | $69K | 12.1% | 3.9% | 19% | C |
| 2,434 | Dundee FL | 6,424 | $49K | 26.0% | 2.2% | 4% | C |
| 2,435 | Clinton OK | 8,302 | $58K | 19.3% | 2.0% | 45% | C |
| 2,436 | North Fond du Lac WI | 5,425 | $63K | 12.3% | 8.2% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,306 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Dundee, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bordering towns draw 12% of Dundee’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dundee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee | – | C | C+ | 35 min | $48,668 |
| Waverly | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Lake Wales | 3% | C− | C+ | 24 min | $56,347 |
| Lake Hamilton | under 2% | C− | C+ | 27 min | $60,486 |
| Winter Haven | 9% | C | B | 28 min | $59,648 |
Same-state neighbors only. Waverly: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Winter Haven. Darker towns draw more of Dundee’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 Dundee: questions
What is the median household income in Dundee?
$48,668 (±$11,821) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dundee?
26.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dundee?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dundee work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winter Haven (9%, 8 mi), Bartow (7%, 16 mi), Lakeland (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dundee walkable?
Dundee is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dundee 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 Dundee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dundee
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.