Holly Cottage · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0For about two in five of its working residents, Fleming Island is a commute to Jacksonville
Measured by household income, Fleming Island is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Fleming Island A; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in ten work in Fleming Island; the top destination outside it is Jacksonville (43%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fleming Island, in a few figures
The better-paid jobs are outside Fleming Island
64% of Fleming Island residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Fleming Island 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.
Jobs & income in Fleming Island: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fleming Island is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #63 of 638 in Florida. Household income is its strongest input ($116,611, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fleming Island could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Where the trip to work from Fleming Island ends
Where Fleming Island clocks in
43% 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 Fleming Island
8,204 jobs are based in Fleming Island.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fleming Island, 2013 → 2023: 6,380 → 8,204. 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 Fleming Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Fleming Island, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 11,330 residents head out to work, 1,044 work right here, and 7,160 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26,000 people are in Fleming Island on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.66 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.
About 30 minutes each way for Fleming Island’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fleming Island workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,979 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Fleming Island
About 22% 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.
Most trips from Fleming Island start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fleming Island is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #375 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% 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 14,104 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). 1.9% of Fleming Island households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Fleming Island’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Fleming Island ranks: 354th of 1,366 U.S. towns of 21,000 to 40,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Palmetto Bay FL | 24,886 | $142K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 352 | Johnston IA | 25,065 | $107K | 10.2% | 2.1% | 14% | A |
| 353 | Yorktown NY | 35,944 | $167K | 4.0% | 5.4% | 11% | A |
| 354 | Fleming Island FL | 29,766 | $117K | 5.7% | 2.8% | 8% | A |
| 355 | Villa Park IL | 21,888 | $95K | 4.7% | 4.7% | 5% | A |
| 356 | Johnstown CO | 22,433 | $129K | 3.7% | 4.2% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,366 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Fleming Island, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
47% of Fleming Island works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fleming Island workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleming Island | – | A | B | 30 min | $116,611 |
| Orange Park | 2% | B− | A | 28 min | $77,106 |
| Lakeside | 2% | B− | B− | 29 min | $81,684 |
| Jacksonville | 43% | B− | A− | 24 min | $69,872 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jacksonville. Darker towns draw more of Fleming Island’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 Fleming Island: questions
What is the median household income in Fleming Island?
$116,611 (±$10,888) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fleming Island?
5.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fleming Island?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fleming Island work?
8% work in town.
Is Fleming Island walkable?
Fleming Island is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fleming Island without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fleming Island, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fleming Island
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.