Most of Ferndale commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average (Florida 28, U.S. 26). Ferndale has 41 jobs, and 265 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Ferndale; the top destination outside it is Orlando (13%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Ferndale, in brief
Ferndale is a place people come home to
There are 41 jobs based in Ferndale, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ferndale has about 140 people in it, 62% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Ferndale’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Ferndale is Orlando, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (34) 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; with 265 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Ferndale for work, and who comes in
On a workday 264 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Ferndale on a workday afternoon, 62% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Ferndale
About 18% 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 towns that employ Ferndale’s residents
Where Ferndale clocks in
13% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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 kinds of work in Ferndale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ferndale, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 41. 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 Ferndale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Ferndale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ferndale workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 commuters (the 22% 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 Ferndale compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Montverde (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Ferndale’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 Ferndale: questions
What is the poverty rate in Ferndale?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ferndale?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ferndale work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (13%, 25 mi), Clermont (7%, 7 mi), Tavares (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ferndale 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 Ferndale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ferndale
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.