Photo: Connor J. Williams · CC BY 3.0Dunnellon’s household incomes are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
18.5% of residents are in poverty; Florida has 12.6%. The two grades for Dunnellon are D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in ten work in Dunnellon; the top destination outside it is Ocala (17%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dunnellon at work: what stands out
Dunnellon is where the jobs are
Dunnellon has 1,375 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Dunnellon
49% of Dunnellon residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 26% of the jobs based in Dunnellon pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. 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; with 600 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Dunnellon’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Dunnellon is better than 8% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Dunnellon’s grade up (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($40,545, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Dunnellon’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Dunnellon could be anywhere from D to C−.
In and out of Dunnellon on a workday
On a workday 551 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 1,326 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Dunnellon on a workday afternoon, 38% more than live here.
2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
How far Dunnellon’s workers travel
About 39% 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.
Jobs in Dunnellon: what the 1,375 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dunnellon, 2013 → 2023: 1,277 → 1,375. 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 Dunnellon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Dunnellon’s workers come from
Where Dunnellon clocks in
17% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Dunnellon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dunnellon workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 516 commuters (the 19% 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.
The commute in Dunnellon is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dunnellon is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 635 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). 10.3% of Dunnellon households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dunnellon’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Dunnellon is 5,067th of 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 130 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,065 | Sage Township MI | 2,502 | $57K | 15.1% | 8.7% | 1% | D |
| 5,066 | Brokenstraw Township PA | 1,654 | $50K | 14.7% | 4.2% | 14% | D |
| 5,067 | Dunnellon FL | 2,056 | $41K | 18.5% | 6.5% | 8% | D |
| 5,068 | Belmond IA | 2,420 | $57K | 19.8% | 4.1% | 27% | D |
| 5,069 | Healdton OK | 2,350 | $51K | 22.4% | 5.4% | 15% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Dunnellon, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How Dunnellon compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dunnellon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunnellon | – | D | B+ | 34 min | $40,545 |
| Rainbow Springs | under 2% | C | C | 33 min | $57,161 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dunnellon’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 Dunnellon: questions
What is the median household income in Dunnellon?
$40,545 (±$9,930) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dunnellon?
18.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dunnellon?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dunnellon work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ocala (17%, 18 mi), Gainesville (4%, 43 mi), Orlando (3%, 78 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dunnellon walkable?
Dunnellon is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dunnellon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dunnellon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dunnellon
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.