Inwood has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Inwood report 1,243 jobs for 3,473 working residents. For jobs and income Inwood is better than 23% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−). Measured by household income, Inwood is behind 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Inwood and work: the main findings
Inwood makes and builds things
75% of the jobs based in Inwood are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Inwood residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. The jobs ↓
Inwood workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (28 to 33 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Inwood empties out on a workday
About 5,300 people are in Inwood on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 7,600 who live here: 3,400 head out to work and 1,200 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Inside Inwood’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Inwood’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Inwood could be anywhere from D to B.
75% of the jobs in Inwood make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Inwood, 2013 → 2023: 927 → 1,243. 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 Inwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Inwood: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Inwood workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,587 commuters (the 19% 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.
Who works in Inwood, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,405 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 1,175 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in Inwood on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
13% of working residents work in Lakeland
Where Inwood clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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 many miles Inwood commutes
About 19% 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 Inwood, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,177 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 42% 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% 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). 3.8% of Inwood households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Inwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Inwood is 2,515th among 3,071 U.S. towns of 5,300 to 10,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 181 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 336 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,513 | Prospect Park NJ | 6,450 | $53K | 28.3% | 11.5% | 4% | C− |
| 2,514 | Pollock Pines CA | 6,212 | $75K | 16.7% | 5.1% | 6% | C− |
| 2,515 | Inwood FL | 7,556 | $56K | 20.3% | 6.5% | 2% | C− |
| 2,516 | Devils Lake ND | 7,333 | $43K | 21.8% | 1.7% | 53% | C− |
| 2,517 | Herkimer NY | 9,432 | $56K | 21.7% | 4.9% | 21% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,071 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Inwood, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Inwood’s workers
The biggest share goes to Winter Haven (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Inwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inwood | – | C− | B− | 39 min | $55,540 |
| Winter Haven | 10% | C | B | 28 min | $59,648 |
| Auburndale | 5% | B | C+ | 33 min | $77,911 |
| Jan Phyl Village | under 2% | C− | B | 29 min | $53,571 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Inwood’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 Inwood: questions
What is the median household income in Inwood?
$55,540 (±$8,497) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Inwood?
20.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Inwood?
39 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Inwood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lakeland (13%, 12 mi), Winter Haven (10%, 2 mi), Orlando (6%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Inwood walkable?
Inwood is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Inwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Inwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Inwood
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.