Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Fort Denaud has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C−: better than 24% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C: more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 33 minutes each way (Florida 28, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Fort Denaud; the top destination outside it is LaBelle (16%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Fort Denaud
Fort Denaud is a place people come home to
There are 140 jobs based in Fort Denaud, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fort Denaud has about 890 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fort Denaud and LaBelle trade workers both ways
LaBelle is the top workplace for Fort Denaud residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Fort Denaud come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. 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 888 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Fort Denaud’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Fort Denaud is better than 24% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Fort Denaud’s grade up (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Fort Denaud’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Fort Denaud could be anywhere from D to B.
Fort Denaud quiets down on a workday
On a workday 881 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Fort Denaud on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.
0.16 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.
16% of working residents work in LaBelle
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Fort Denaud clocks in
16% of workers
11% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Fort Denaud commutes less than 27 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 34% 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.
Fort Denaud makes things: 49% of its jobs are in goods
140 jobs are based in Fort Denaud. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Denaud’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort Denaud, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 140. 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.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Florida
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fort Denaud workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 396 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.
Most trips from Fort Denaud start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fort Denaud is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 507 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). 2.6% of Fort Denaud households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Fort Denaud’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fort Denaud is 4,020th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Fort Denaud, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,018 | Nanticoke NY | 1,564 | $69K | 14.6% | 6.8% | 2% | C− |
| 4,019 | Orwell VT | 1,250 | $70K | 10.8% | 5.5% | 5% | C− |
| 4,020 | Fort Denaud FL | 1,639 | $56K | 7.7% | 6.5% | 1% | C− |
| 4,021 | Chenoweth OR | 1,445 | $63K | 10.9% | 16.1% | 1% | C− |
| 4,022 | Wrightsville AR | 1,630 | $45K | 16.4% | 1.5% | <1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
16% of Fort Denaud works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to LaBelle (16%). Darker towns draw more of Fort Denaud’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fort Denaud workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Denaud | – | C− | C | 33 min | $56,042 |
| LaBelle | 16% | C− | B+ | 35 min | $53,309 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Fort Denaud: questions
What is the median household income in Fort Denaud?
$56,042 (±$30,729) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fort Denaud?
7.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fort Denaud?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fort Denaud work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are LaBelle (16%, 6 mi), Fort Myers (11%, 19 mi), Cape Coral (3%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fort Denaud walkable?
Fort Denaud is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fort Denaud without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fort Denaud, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort Denaud
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.