Photo: Excel23 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Fruit Cove have higher incomes than those in 94% of U.S. towns
29% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Florida. Below the poverty line: 2.7% of residents (Florida 12.6%). Jobs and income earn Fruit Cove A; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Fruit Cove stands out on work
More than half of Fruit Cove works in Jacksonville
7,608 working residents, 52%, have their main job in Jacksonville, 17 miles away across the town line. That’s 13 times as many as work in Fruit Cove itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Fruit Cove
29% of Fruit Cove workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Fruit Cove
66% of Fruit Cove residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Fruit Cove pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fruit Cove has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Fruit Cove went from 3,084 in 2013 to 4,478 in 2023, +45%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Fruit Cove’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fruit Cove is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #20 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fruit Cove could be anywhere from A to A+.
52% of working residents work in Jacksonville
Where Fruit Cove clocks in
52% 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Fruit Cove
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fruit Cove workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,164 commuters (the 29% 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 Fruit Cove’s employers do
4,478 jobs are based in Fruit Cove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fruit Cove, 2013 → 2023: 3,084 → 4,478. 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 Fruit Cove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Fruit Cove
On a workday 13,872 residents head out to work, 648 work right here, and 3,830 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26,000 people are in Fruit Cove on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.31 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.
How far Fruit Cove’s workers travel
About 20% 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.
In Fruit Cove, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fruit Cove is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #529 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 17,063 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 2.3% of Fruit Cove households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fruit Cove’s commuters take a bus or train.
138th of 1,219: where Fruit Cove ranks among U.S. towns of 25,000 to 48,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 75 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
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| 119 | Keystone FL | 25,858 | $161K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 4% | A |
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| 136 | Mechanicsville VA | 38,683 | $99K | 5.2% | 1.9% | 11% | A |
| 137 | Bethel Park PA | 32,074 | $107K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 11% | A |
| 138 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| 139 | Summerlin South NV | 31,354 | $117K | 4.8% | 3.1% | 6% | A |
| 140 | Canton MA | 25,165 | $143K | 5.2% | 3.8% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Lutz FL | 27,106 | $120K | 6.1% | 2.6% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,219 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Fruit Cove, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns next door employ 52% of Fruit Cove
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fruit Cove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit Cove | – | A | C+ | 30 min | $141,863 |
| Jacksonville | 52% | 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 Fruit Cove’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 Fruit Cove: questions
What is the median household income in Fruit Cove?
$141,863 (±$8,088) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fruit Cove?
2.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fruit Cove?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fruit Cove work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (52%, 17 mi), St. Augustine (6%, 23 mi), Palm Valley (1%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fruit Cove walkable?
Fruit Cove is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fruit Cove without a car?
0% 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 Fruit Cove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fruit Cove
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.