Archbold Biological Station at Red Hill · Photo: Guettarda · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Indian Lake Estates works elsewhere
Indian Lake Estates has 109 jobs; 257 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Indian Lake Estates itself; outside it, Orlando draws the most (7%, 47 miles). The average commute takes 54 minutes each way; Florida averages 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Indian Lake Estates stands out on work
Indian Lake Estates workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 54 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 414 hours of commuting, 199 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
51% 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 ↓
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 257 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting from Indian Lake Estates: about 54 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Indian Lake Estates workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 256 commuters (the 18% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Indian Lake Estates
About 51% 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.
Who works in Indian Lake Estates, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 255 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Indian Lake Estates on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
The places Indian Lake Estates commutes to
Where Indian Lake Estates clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
Most jobs in Indian Lake Estates are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Indian Lake Estates, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 109. 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 Indian Lake Estates’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 Indian Lake Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Indian Lake Estates?
$69,007 (±$21,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Indian Lake Estates?
5.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Indian Lake Estates?
54 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Indian Lake Estates work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (7%, 47 mi), Lake Wales (5%, 17 mi), Bartow (5%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Indian Lake Estates 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 Indian Lake Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Indian Lake Estates
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.