East Bronson has some of the lowest unemployment in the country, with hardly anyone out of work
Hardly any stay in East Bronson for work; outside it, Gainesville is the main destination (31%, 21 miles). The two grades for East Bronson are C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, East Bronson is behind 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in East Bronson
East Bronson is a place people come home to
There are 66 jobs based in East Bronson, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday East Bronson has about 1,900 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
31% of East Bronson works in Gainesville
259 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Gainesville, 21 miles away. That’s 31 times as many as work in East Bronson itself. The commute map ↓
East Bronson workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical 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 832 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How East Bronson earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, East Bronson is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #505 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds East Bronson’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (30.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, East Bronson could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The workday shuffle in and out of East Bronson
On a workday 827 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in East Bronson on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.08 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 the trip to work from East Bronson ends
Where East Bronson clocks in
31% of workers
4% 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.
About 36 minutes each way, longer than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Bronson workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,018 commuters (the 12% 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.
East Bronson makes things: 36% of its jobs are in goods
66 jobs are based in East Bronson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Bronson, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 66. 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 East Bronson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from East Bronson
About 24% 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.
The commute in East Bronson is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, East Bronson is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #594 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 1,159 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of East Bronson households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of East Bronson’s commuters take a bus or train.
How East Bronson ranks: 3,235th of 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,233 | Alexander Township OH | 2,749 | $81K | 10.1% | 6.7% | 3% | C |
| 3,234 | Decatur Township PA | 2,943 | $61K | 19.3% | 1.8% | 4% | C |
| 3,235 | East Bronson FL | 2,649 | $52K | 30.7% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,236 | Sterling GA | 2,091 | $86K | 15.4% | 5.9% | 1% | C |
| 3,237 | Creola AL | 1,963 | $67K | 18.3% | 2.5% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 East Bronson, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
East Bronson and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Bronson (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Bronson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Bronson | – | C | C− | 36 min | $51,898 |
| Bronson | 8% | C | C | 26 min | $61,923 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Bronson’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 East Bronson: questions
What is the median household income in East Bronson?
$51,898 (±$12,546) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Bronson?
30.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Bronson?
36 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Bronson work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (31%, 21 mi), Bronson (8%, 3 mi), Williston (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is East Bronson walkable?
East Bronson is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around East Bronson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Bronson, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Bronson
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.