Photo: Rkriley · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Lacoochee works elsewhere
53 jobs are based in Lacoochee; 486 of its residents have a job. Lacoochee grades A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 6.0 in Tampa.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lacoochee
Lacoochee is a place people come home to
There are 53 jobs based in Lacoochee, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lacoochee has about 860 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lacoochee’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lacoochee is Tampa, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (70) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Lacoochee workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 486 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Lacoochee on a workday
On a workday 482 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Lacoochee on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Lacoochee’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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.
Lacoochee’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lacoochee workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 404 commuters (the 0% 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.
14% of working residents work in Tampa
Where Lacoochee clocks in
14% 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.
Jobs in Lacoochee: what the 53 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lacoochee, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 53. 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 Lacoochee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Lacoochee, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lacoochee is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lacoochee near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 404 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 98% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 98% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 73% 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). 15.9% of Lacoochee households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lacoochee’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lacoochee compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lacoochee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacoochee | – | — | A | 24 min | — |
| Trilby | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Trilby: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lacoochee’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 Lacoochee: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lacoochee?
14.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lacoochee?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lacoochee work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (14%, 39 mi), Zephyrhills (6%, 16 mi), Dade City (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lacoochee walkable?
Lacoochee is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lacoochee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. 98% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lacoochee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lacoochee
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.