Work, pay and getting to work in Lake Magdalene
A typical one-way commute lasts 27 minutes, next to 28 for Florida and 26 for the U.S. For jobs and income Lake Magdalene is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (B). Only 4% work in Lake Magdalene; the top destination outside it is Tampa (34%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lake Magdalene at work: what stands out
A lot of Lake Magdalene works one town over
39% of working residents work in a town that borders Lake Magdalene: Tampa (34%), University (3%) and Carrollwood (2%). Next door ↓
Lake Magdalene draws workers from far and wide
The 10,885 jobs in Lake Magdalene are filled from a wide area. Lake Magdalene’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 33%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Lake Magdalene’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Lake Magdalene’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lake Magdalene could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Where people from Lake Magdalene work
Where Lake Magdalene clocks in
34% of workers
4% 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.
Who commutes out of Lake Magdalene, and who commutes in
On a workday 13,938 residents head out to work, 655 work right here, and 10,230 people come in from elsewhere.
About 28,000 people are in Lake Magdalene on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.75 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.
What the 10,885 jobs in Lake Magdalene are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Magdalene, 2013 → 2023: 9,155 → 10,885. 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 Magdalene’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Lake Magdalene
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Magdalene workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,629 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.
Half of Lake Magdalene commutes less than 10 miles
About 17% 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.
Most trips from Lake Magdalene start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 15,547 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 32% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 4% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% 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). 4.9% of Lake Magdalene households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Lake Magdalene’s commuters take a bus or train.
772nd of 1,368: where Lake Magdalene ranks among U.S. towns of 22,000 to 43,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 89 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
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| 93 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
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| 105 | Palmetto Bay FL | 24,886 | $142K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 770 | Dunedin FL | 35,227 | $74K | 8.2% | 5.1% | 11% | B |
| 771 | Willoughby OH | 24,234 | $71K | 9.5% | 4.1% | 11% | B |
| 772 | Lake Magdalene FL | 32,083 | $76K | 13.0% | 3.6% | 4% | B |
| 773 | Hobart IN | 29,298 | $75K | 10.0% | 4.3% | 14% | B |
| 774 | Delhi Township MI | 28,431 | $90K | 10.3% | 5.1% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,368 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Magdalene, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
39% of Lake Magdalene works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Magdalene workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Magdalene | – | B | B | 27 min | $75,594 |
| Tampa | 34% | B− | A | 25 min | $75,475 |
| Lutz | under 2% | A | C+ | 32 min | $120,031 |
| Carrollwood | 2% | B+ | A− | 27 min | $81,959 |
| University | 3% | C− | A+ | 28 min | $37,207 |
| Northdale | under 2% | A− | C+ | 31 min | $94,926 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tampa. Darker towns draw more of Lake Magdalene’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 Magdalene: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Magdalene?
$75,594 (±$6,704) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Magdalene?
13.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Magdalene?
27 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 Magdalene work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (34%, 8 mi), Town 'n' Country (4%, 8 mi), East Lake-Orient Park (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Magdalene walkable?
Lake Magdalene is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Magdalene without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 4% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Magdalene, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Magdalene
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.