Most of Fuller Heights commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 843 jobs in Fuller Heights; 4,637 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Fuller Heights is better than 60% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 1% work in Fuller Heights; the top destination outside it is Lakeland (25%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fuller Heights: the figures worth knowing
Fuller Heights is a place people come home to
There are 843 jobs based in Fuller Heights, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fuller Heights has about 6,300 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Fuller Heights
58% of Fuller Heights residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Fuller Heights pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fuller Heights and Lakeland trade workers both ways
Lakeland is the top workplace for Fuller Heights residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Fuller Heights come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Fuller Heights
Job access by car holds Fuller Heights’ grade up (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fuller Heights could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How many people are in Fuller Heights by day
On a workday 4,574 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 780 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,300 people are in Fuller Heights on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
What Fuller Heights’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fuller Heights, 2013 → 2023: 801 → 843. 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 Fuller Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Fuller Heights’ residents
Where Fuller Heights clocks in
25% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
Fuller Heights’ commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fuller Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,704 commuters (the 13% 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.
How far Fuller Heights’ workers travel
About 19% 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.
Getting around Fuller Heights: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,415 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). 4.3% of Fuller Heights households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fuller Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
1,426th of 2,878: where Fuller Heights ranks among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 29 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 174 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 343 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
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| 1,424 | Sky Lake FL | 8,116 | $70K | 12.5% | 3.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,425 | Westwood Lakes FL | 10,553 | $86K | 8.3% | 8.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,426 | Fuller Heights FL | 10,083 | $82K | 7.7% | 4.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,427 | Pleasant Grove AL | 9,346 | $70K | 19.7% | 1.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,428 | Sheboygan Falls WI | 8,687 | $71K | 7.6% | 4.0% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Fuller Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Fuller Heights
The biggest share goes to Mulberry (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fuller Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuller Heights | – | B | C− | 26 min | $82,006 |
| Mulberry | 2% | B− | B+ | 28 min | $57,708 |
| Willow Oak | under 2% | C | D | 32 min | $65,688 |
| Medulla | under 2% | B+ | B− | 26 min | $70,802 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fuller Heights’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 Fuller Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Fuller Heights?
$82,006 (±$10,642) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fuller Heights?
7.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fuller Heights?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fuller Heights work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lakeland (25%, 9 mi), Bartow (9%, 11 mi), Plant City (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fuller Heights walkable?
Fuller Heights is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fuller Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fuller Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fuller Heights
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.