Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 2.5Households in Frostproof have lower incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Frostproof; the top destination outside it is Bartow (10%, 20 miles). 26.8% of residents live below the poverty line; Florida has 12.6%. Frostproof grades D for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Frostproof
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 ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Frostproof are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
Inside Frostproof’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Frostproof is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #616 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Frostproof’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($42,000, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Frostproof could be anywhere from D− to C.
Half of Frostproof commutes less than 32 miles
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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What Frostproof’s employers do
819 jobs are based in Frostproof.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frostproof, 2013 → 2023: 772 → 819. 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 Frostproof’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Frostproof
On a workday 1,540 residents head out to work, 85 work right here, and 734 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Frostproof on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.50 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.
Where people from Frostproof work
Where Frostproof clocks in
10% of workers
6% 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.
Time on the road from Frostproof: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frostproof workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 811 commuters (the 15% 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.
Frostproof is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Frostproof is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #247 of 638 in Florida. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 7.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 950 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). 2.6% of Frostproof households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Frostproof’s commuters take a bus or train.
Frostproof and other U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,013 | Burney CA | 2,668 | $66K | 19.0% | 9.2% | 25% | D |
| 4,014 | Piggott AR | 3,508 | $44K | 21.4% | 4.8% | 37% | D |
| 4,015 | Frostproof FL | 3,519 | $42K | 26.8% | 5.3% | 5% | D |
| 4,016 | Marksville LA | 4,744 | $36K | 34.6% | 5.1% | 28% | D |
| 4,017 | Sage Township MI | 2,502 | $57K | 15.1% | 8.7% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Frostproof, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Frostproof
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frostproof workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frostproof | – | D | A− | 25 min | $42,000 |
| Hillcrest Heights | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Babson Park | under 2% | D | B− | 25 min | $48,177 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hillcrest Heights: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Frostproof’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 Frostproof: questions
What is the median household income in Frostproof?
$42,000 (±$7,320) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frostproof?
26.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frostproof?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frostproof work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bartow (10%, 20 mi), Lakeland (6%, 34 mi), Lake Wales (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Frostproof walkable?
Frostproof is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Frostproof without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frostproof, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frostproof
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.