Photo: The Bushranger · CC BY-SA 4.0Making a living in Hosford
For 8% of workers, the job is at home (Florida 16%). Only 2% stay in Hosford for work; outside it, Tallahassee is the main destination (27%, 33 miles). Commuters spend 37 minutes getting to work on average, next to 28 for Florida and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Hosford in brief
Hosford’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hosford is Tallahassee, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (67) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Hosford workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 251 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Hosford goes to work
About 26% 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 37 minutes from Hosford
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hosford workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 389 commuters (the 8% 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.
Hosford on a workday afternoon
On a workday 246 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Hosford on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
Commuting out of Hosford: the destinations
Where Hosford clocks in
27% of workers
10% 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.
Goods jobs make up 77% of work in Hosford
150 jobs are based in Hosford.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hosford, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 150. 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 Hosford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Hosford: questions
What is the median household income in Hosford?
$97,386 (±$41,930) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hosford?
6.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hosford?
37 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hosford work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tallahassee (27%, 33 mi), Bristol (10%, 10 mi), Blountstown (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hosford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hosford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hosford
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.