Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Lady Lake have lower incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 12.3%, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Lady Lake C−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Home is the office for 6% of workers, against 16% across Florida.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lady Lake
Commutes from Lady Lake are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Lady Lake draws workers from far and wide
The 8,476 jobs in Lady Lake are filled from a wide area. Lady Lake’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 25%; the other 70% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Lady Lake is where the jobs are
Lady Lake has 8,476 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Lady Lake’s commute
The biggest draw, The Villages, gets only 8% of working residents, and 53% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Lady Lake residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Lady Lake
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lady Lake is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #586 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Lady Lake’s grade up (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($46,074, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lady Lake could be anywhere from D to C+.
About 18 minutes each way for Lady Lake’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lady Lake workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,335 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where Lady Lake’s workers come from
Where Lady Lake clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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 daily flow of workers through Lady Lake
On a workday 4,574 residents head out to work, 442 work right here, and 8,034 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21,000 people are in Lady Lake on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
How far Lady Lake goes to work
About 33% 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.
Inside Lady Lake’s 8,476 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lady Lake, 2013 → 2023: 7,209 → 8,476. 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 Lady Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Lady Lake gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lady Lake is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #299 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Lady Lake 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 4,626 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.6% of Lady Lake households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lady Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 12,000 to 24,000, and where Lady Lake sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,927 | Harrison Township OH | 21,998 | $45K | 25.0% | 10.7% | 6% | C− |
| 1,928 | King City CA | 14,002 | $67K | 23.0% | 5.4% | 23% | C− |
| 1,929 | Lady Lake FL | 17,496 | $46K | 12.3% | 7.6% | 9% | C− |
| 1,930 | Pottsville PA | 13,170 | $54K | 19.9% | 7.2% | 21% | C− |
| 1,931 | Laurel MS | 17,662 | $48K | 23.3% | 5.6% | 46% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,103 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Lady Lake, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Lady Lake and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Fruitland Park (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lady Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Lake | – | C− | B+ | 18 min | $46,074 |
| Fruitland Park | 2% | B− | B− | 23 min | $82,656 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lady Lake’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 Lady Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Lady Lake?
$46,074 (±$4,554) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lady Lake?
12.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lady Lake?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lady Lake work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are The Villages (8%, 4 mi), Wildwood (7%, 9 mi), Leesburg (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lady Lake walkable?
Lady Lake is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lady Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lady Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lady Lake
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.