Old Collier County Courthouse · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Everglades
About one in seven stay in Everglades for work; outside it, Bonita Springs is the main destination (6%, 42 miles). The average commute takes 30 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. Everglades has 169 jobs; 126 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Everglades by day
On a workday 107 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Everglades on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Everglades: the destinations
Where Everglades clocks in
6% 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.
Jobs in Everglades: what the 169 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Everglades, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 169. 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 Everglades’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Everglades: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Everglades workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 112 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.
How far Everglades’ workers travel
About 48% 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.
How Everglades compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Everglades workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everglades | – | — | — | 30 min | $57,400 |
| Plantation Island | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Plantation Island: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Everglades’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 Everglades: questions
What is the median household income in Everglades?
$57,400 (±$43,579) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Everglades?
17.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Everglades?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Everglades work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bonita Springs (6%, 42 mi), Marco Island (4%, 20 mi), Naples (4%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Everglades without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Everglades, from the people who make the trip.
More of Everglades
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.