Photo: Freeholdman12 · CC BY 4.0Unemployment in Kissimmee (7.5%) is higher than in 86% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 8.0 in Orlando. For jobs and income Kissimmee is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (A). Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Kissimmee apart on work
Kissimmee draws workers from far and wide
The 29,278 jobs in Kissimmee are filled from a wide area. Kissimmee’s own residents hold 10% and the ten next-biggest home towns 24%; the other 66% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Kissimmee has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Kissimmee went from 19,971 in 2014 to 29,278 in 2024, +47%. The jobs ↓
Kissimmee workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Kissimmee’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Kissimmee’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kissimmee could be anywhere from C− to C.
17% of working residents work in Orlando
Where Kissimmee clocks in
17% of workers
8% of workers
2% 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 29,278 jobs based in Kissimmee
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kissimmee, 2014 → 2024: 19,971 → 29,278. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kissimmee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Kissimmee: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kissimmee workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 35,614 commuters (the 9% 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.
Kissimmee by day and by night
On a workday 34,291 residents head out to work, 2,860 work right here, and 26,418 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 (0.79 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Kissimmee
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Kissimmee is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 39,341 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 69% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% 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). 7.0% of Kissimmee households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Kissimmee’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Kissimmee compares with U.S. towns of 60,000 to 116,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
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| 55 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
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| 77 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 139 | Palm Beach Gardens FL | 63,883 | $107K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 16% | A− |
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| 497 | Ocala FL | 71,753 | $56K | 21.1% | 5.9% | 43% | C− |
| 498 | Fort Smith AR | 90,855 | $55K | 18.3% | 6.5% | 61% | C− |
| 499 | Kissimmee FL | 85,591 | $54K | 20.4% | 7.5% | 8% | C− |
| 500 | Lansing MI | 113,884 | $54K | 20.1% | 8.2% | 32% | C− |
| 501 | Lake Charles LA | 82,676 | $59K | 23.3% | 6.6% | 53% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 534 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 50% | 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 Kissimmee, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns around Kissimmee
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kissimmee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kissimmee | – | C− | A | 34 min | $53,758 |
| Buenaventura Lakes | under 1% | C+ | A− | 30 min | $68,887 |
| Campbell | under 1% | D | A− | 33 min | $40,411 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kissimmee’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 2024, 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 Kissimmee: questions
What is the median household income in Kissimmee?
$53,758 (±$5,409) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kissimmee?
20.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kissimmee?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kissimmee work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (17%, 13 mi), Lake Buena Vista (8%, 8 mi), Jacksonville (2%, 141 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kissimmee walkable?
Kissimmee is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kissimmee without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kissimmee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kissimmee
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.