Photo: WhisperToMe · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Homosassa earn less than those in 85% of U.S. towns
16.6% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.6% across Florida. Jobs and income earn Homosassa D; getting around on foot earns it C. About one in ten work in Homosassa itself; outside it, Inverness draws the most (7%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Homosassa in brief
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 ↓
Homosassa has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Homosassa went from 464 in 2013 to 753 in 2023, +62%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Homosassa
50% of Homosassa residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 29% of the jobs based in Homosassa pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. 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; with 681 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Homosassa
On income, poverty and job access, Homosassa is better than 8% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Homosassa’s grade.
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Homosassa’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Homosassa could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Homosassa’s commute, mile by mile
About 37% 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 Homosassa, services account for most jobs
753 jobs are based in Homosassa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Homosassa, 2013 → 2023: 464 → 753. 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 Homosassa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Homosassa by day
On a workday 623 residents head out to work, 58 work right here, and 695 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Homosassa commutes to
Where Homosassa clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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 Homosassa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Homosassa workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 551 commuters (the 20% 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.
Homosassa is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Homosassa is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 688 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 6.1% of Homosassa households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Homosassa’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,553rd of 5,234: where Homosassa ranks among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,551 | East Fallowfield Township PA | 1,517 | $59K | 24.6% | 2.2% | 3% | D |
| 4,552 | Chester CA | 1,759 | $47K | 11.3% | 3.8% | 32% | D |
| 4,553 | Homosassa FL | 1,942 | $52K | 16.6% | 3.7% | 9% | D |
| 4,554 | Bunker Hill OR | 1,626 | $60K | 24.4% | 1.1% | 3% | D |
| 4,555 | Toledo IA | 2,384 | $53K | 22.2% | 6.7% | 11% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Homosassa, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How Homosassa compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Homosassa Springs (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Homosassa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homosassa | – | D | C | 30 min | $52,154 |
| Homosassa Springs | 6% | D | C− | 25 min | $48,049 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Homosassa’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 Homosassa: questions
What is the median household income in Homosassa?
$52,154 (±$21,148) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Homosassa?
16.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Homosassa?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Homosassa work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Inverness (7%, 16 mi), Homosassa Springs (6%, 4 mi), Ocala (4%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Homosassa walkable?
Homosassa is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Homosassa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Homosassa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Homosassa
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.