Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Elfers commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
2,918 jobs are based in Elfers for 6,477 working residents. The two grades for Elfers are C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 80% 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 Elfers
No single place dominates Elfers’ commute
The biggest draw, Tampa, gets only 8% of working residents, and 63% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Elfers residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Elfers’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Elfers is Tampa, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (508) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Why Elfers gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Elfers is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #414 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Elfers’ grade up (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($56,054, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Elfers could be anywhere from C to B.
8% of working residents work in Tampa
Where Elfers clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
The commute from Elfers, by distance
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.
A workday in Elfers: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 6,272 residents head out to work, 205 work right here, and 2,713 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Elfers on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
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 kinds of work in Elfers
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elfers, 2013 → 2023: 2,629 → 2,918. 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 Elfers’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Elfers takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elfers workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,849 commuters (the 15% 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.
Few in Elfers walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Elfers is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #264 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% 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 6,912 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, 32% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% 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). 5.7% of Elfers households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Elfers’ commuters take a bus or train.
Elfers is 1,401st of 1,969 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 20,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 130 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,399 | Hutchinson MN | 14,655 | $73K | 12.4% | 4.0% | 45% | C+ |
| 1,400 | Waynesville NC | 11,006 | $55K | 15.9% | 1.9% | 23% | C+ |
| 1,401 | Elfers FL | 15,006 | $56K | 14.8% | 3.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,402 | Honey Creek Township IN | 17,354 | $65K | 10.7% | 4.7% | 16% | C+ |
| 1,403 | Destrehan LA | 11,619 | $91K | 17.3% | 12.0% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,969 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Elfers, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Around Elfers: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to New Port Richey (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elfers workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elfers | – | C+ | B+ | 31 min | $56,054 |
| New Port Richey | 4% | B− | A | 28 min | $47,606 |
| Holiday | under 2% | C | B+ | 30 min | $48,186 |
| Beacon Square | under 2% | C | B+ | 29 min | $56,650 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elfers’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 Elfers: questions
What is the median household income in Elfers?
$56,054 (±$5,827) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elfers?
14.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elfers?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elfers work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (8%, 23 mi), Clearwater (5%, 16 mi), Palm Harbor (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Elfers walkable?
Elfers is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 15.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elfers without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 32% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elfers, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elfers
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.