Unemployment in Lake Lorraine (2.1%) is lower than in 83% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Lake Lorraine is better than 82% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (B+). Only 4% work in Lake Lorraine itself; outside it, Fort Walton Beach draws the most (19%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lake Lorraine: the figures worth knowing
The jobs in Lake Lorraine pay better than its residents’ jobs
80% of the jobs based in Lake Lorraine pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 54% of the jobs Lake Lorraine residents hold. 94% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Lake Lorraine. The jobs ↓
Lake Lorraine has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Lake Lorraine went from 1,133 in 2013 to 1,976 in 2023, +74%. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Lake Lorraine is services
93% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 6% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Lake Lorraine are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Lake Lorraine residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Lake Lorraine earns its Jobs & income grade
Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lake Lorraine could be anywhere from B+ to A.
In Lake Lorraine, services account for most jobs
1,976 jobs are based in Lake Lorraine.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Lorraine, 2013 → 2023: 1,133 → 1,976. 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 Lake Lorraine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way for Lake Lorraine’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Lorraine workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,449 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.
The distance from Lake Lorraine to work
About 16% 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.
How a workday changes Lake Lorraine
On a workday 2,685 residents head out to work, 118 work right here, and 1,858 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,100 people are in Lake Lorraine on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Out of Lake Lorraine to work: where people go
Where Lake Lorraine clocks in
19% of workers
10% 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.
Driving is how Lake Lorraine gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,778 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). 4.3% of Lake Lorraine households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Lorraine’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lake Lorraine is 733rd of 3,229 U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,300 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 178 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 336 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 731 | Pawling NY | 8,316 | $121K | 4.0% | 3.7% | 18% | A− |
| 732 | Hopewell Township PA | 5,600 | $122K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 4% | A− |
| 733 | Lake Lorraine FL | 6,903 | $104K | 6.6% | 2.1% | 4% | A− |
| 734 | Lauderdale-by-the-Sea FL | 6,280 | $82K | 6.7% | 3.1% | 6% | A− |
| 735 | Adairsville GA | 5,101 | $103K | 6.1% | 2.0% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,229 | 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 Lake Lorraine, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Lake Lorraine and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Shalimar (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Lorraine workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Lorraine | – | A− | B+ | 21 min | $104,105 |
| Shalimar | 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Eglin AFB | under 3% | B+ | B− | 14 min | $84,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Shalimar: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Lorraine’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 Lake Lorraine: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Lorraine?
$104,105 (±$9,233) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Lorraine?
6.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Lorraine?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Lorraine work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Walton Beach (19%, 4 mi), Destin (10%, 6 mi), Wright (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Lorraine walkable?
Lake Lorraine is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Lorraine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Lorraine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Lorraine
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.