With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Lake Kathryn works elsewhere
Household incomes here are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns. Employers in Lake Kathryn report 10 jobs; 387 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Lake Kathryn is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Lake Kathryn apart on work
Lake Kathryn is a place people come home to
There are 10 jobs based in Lake Kathryn, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Kathryn has about 650 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lake Kathryn workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 69 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; with 387 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Lake Kathryn earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Lake Kathryn is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lake Kathryn’s grade.
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Lake Kathryn’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lake Kathryn could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Who works in Lake Kathryn, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 387 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Lake Kathryn on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 37 minutes to work from Lake Kathryn
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Kathryn workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 204 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.
11% of working residents work in DeLand
Where Lake Kathryn clocks in
11% 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.
Lake Kathryn works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Kathryn, 2014 → 2024: 2 → 10. 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 Lake Kathryn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Lake Kathryn to work
About 18% 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.
Most trips from Lake Kathryn start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 253 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). 5.6% of Lake Kathryn households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Kathryn’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lake Kathryn compares with U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Fisher Island FL | 1,026 | $250K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Golden Beach FL | 1,029 | $236K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 194 | Palm Beach Shores FL | 1,350 | $87K | 5.3% | 9.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,060 | Greenfield MO | 1,242 | $36K | 26.7% | 8.3% | 9% | D− |
| 3,061 | Roseboro NC | 1,189 | $39K | 39.2% | 2.6% | 4% | D− |
| 3,062 | Lake Kathryn FL | 1,024 | $50K | 29.5% | 3.4% | 0% | D− |
| 3,063 | Gretna FL | 1,296 | $36K | 33.5% | 3.7% | <1% | D− |
| 3,064 | Logan WV | 1,312 | $30K | 44.5% | 24.1% | 13% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Lake Kathryn, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Lake Kathryn: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Kathryn?
$50,379 (±$24,170) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Kathryn?
29.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Kathryn?
37 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Kathryn work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are DeLand (11%, 12 mi), Tavares (5%, 23 mi), Sanford (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lake Kathryn walkable?
Lake Kathryn is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Kathryn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Kathryn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Kathryn
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.