Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5Groveland’s household incomes are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Groveland is better than 73% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (C). Poverty touches 3.6% of residents; Florida has 12.6%. Only 5% work in Groveland; the top destination outside it is Orlando (13%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Groveland apart on work
Jobs in Groveland have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Groveland went from 2,445 in 2013 to 6,493 in 2023, +166%. The jobs ↓
Groveland draws workers from far and wide
The 6,493 jobs in Groveland are filled from a wide area. Groveland’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 21%; the other 72% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Groveland’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Groveland is Orlando, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (1,177) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Groveland workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Groveland makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Groveland are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Groveland residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 13%. 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.
How Groveland earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Groveland’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Groveland could be anywhere from B to A.
A place that makes things: 41% of Groveland’s jobs are in goods
6,493 jobs are based in Groveland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Groveland, 2013 → 2023: 2,445 → 6,493. 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 Groveland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Groveland’s working residents head each day
Where Groveland clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
How far Groveland goes to work
About 18% 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.
Each way, about 35 minutes from Groveland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Groveland workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,106 commuters (the 16% 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 a workday changes Groveland
On a workday 8,375 residents head out to work, 480 work right here, and 6,013 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.73 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.
For most of Groveland, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,813 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). 1.5% of Groveland households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Groveland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Groveland places 681st of 1,516 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 18,000 to 34,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 679 | Liberty MO | 31,319 | $89K | 7.0% | 4.5% | 18% | B+ |
| 680 | Milford MA | 30,832 | $96K | 7.6% | 5.0% | 16% | B+ |
| 681 | Groveland FL | 25,526 | $100K | 3.6% | 4.5% | 5% | B+ |
| 682 | Springfield VA | 31,154 | $126K | 8.9% | 6.9% | 11% | B+ |
| 683 | Allen Park MI | 27,445 | $82K | 6.9% | 4.8% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,516 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Groveland, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bordering towns draw 10% of Groveland’s workers
The biggest share goes to Clermont (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Groveland’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 Groveland: questions
What is the median household income in Groveland?
$100,226 (±$9,959) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Groveland?
3.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Groveland?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Groveland work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (13%, 31 mi), Clermont (8%, 9 mi), Tavares (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Groveland walkable?
Groveland is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Groveland without a car?
0% 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 Groveland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Groveland
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.