Homeland School · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 2.5Most of Homeland commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 31 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. Homeland has 8 jobs; 145 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all; Florida has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Homeland for work, and who comes in
On a workday 145 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Homeland 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.
19% of working residents work in Bartow
Where Homeland clocks in
19% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Homeland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Homeland, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 8. 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 Homeland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Homeland: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Homeland workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 109 commuters (the 0% 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 Homeland’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
Work next door: 19% of Homeland’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Bartow. Darker towns draw more of Homeland’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 Homeland: questions
What is the median household income in Homeland?
$70,741 (±$8,281) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Homeland?
1.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Homeland?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Homeland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bartow (19%, 5 mi), Lakeland (12%, 18 mi), Winter Haven (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Homeland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Homeland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Homeland
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.