Sikes House · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Fort White works elsewhere
5% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%). Fort White has 140 jobs, against 255 working residents. Hardly any work in Fort White itself; outside it, Gainesville draws the most (20%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Fort White apart
Fort White’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fort White is Gainesville, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (50) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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 255 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Fort White to work
About 32% 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 Fort White: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 254 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Fort White on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Commuting out of Fort White: the destinations
Where Fort White clocks in
20% of workers
13% of workers
8% 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 Fort White: what the 140 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort White, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort White’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Fort White: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fort White workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 241 commuters (the 5% 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.
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 White: questions
What is the median household income in Fort White?
$53,750 (±$10,653) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fort White?
23.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fort White?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fort White work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (20%, 28 mi), Lake City (13%, 19 mi), Alachua (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fort White without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fort White, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort White
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.