For about half of its working residents, Lakeside is a commute to Jacksonville
The average commute takes 29 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. For jobs and income Lakeside is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (B−). Only 6% work in Lakeside itself; outside it, Jacksonville draws the most (47%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Lakeside stands out on work
Nearly half of Lakeside works in Jacksonville
6,692 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Jacksonville, 15 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Lakeside itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Lakeside
57% of Lakeside residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Lakeside pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 Lakeside’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Lakeside’s grade up (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lakeside could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Where the trip to work from Lakeside ends
Where Lakeside clocks in
47% 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 7,074 jobs based in Lakeside
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeside, 2013 → 2023: 6,341 → 7,074. 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 Lakeside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Lakeside, and who commutes in
On a workday 13,541 residents head out to work, 823 work right here, and 6,251 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Lakeside on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.49 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.
The daily trip from Lakeside: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakeside workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,142 commuters (the 14% 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 Lakeside commutes less than 14 miles
About 21% 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 Lakeside start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 15,235 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% 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). 6.1% of Lakeside households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lakeside’s commuters take a bus or train.
923rd of 1,368: where Lakeside 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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| 921 | Reisterstown MD | 25,582 | $86K | 10.7% | 9.0% | 5% | B− |
| 922 | Pennsauken Township NJ | 37,742 | $88K | 13.9% | 8.7% | 10% | B− |
| 923 | Lakeside FL | 32,105 | $82K | 8.9% | 6.7% | 6% | B− |
| 924 | Forest Grove OR | 27,252 | $88K | 15.4% | 4.3% | 16% | B− |
| 925 | Lawndale CA | 29,892 | $85K | 13.0% | 9.7% | 4% | 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 Lakeside, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns next door employ 10% of Lakeside
The biggest share goes to Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lakeside workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside | – | B− | B− | 29 min | $81,684 |
| Oakleaf Plantation | under 1% | A− | C− | 32 min | $108,543 |
| Orange Park | 3% | B− | A | 28 min | $77,106 |
| Fleming Island | 3% | A | B | 30 min | $116,611 |
| Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace | 4% | B | B | 26 min | $59,388 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lakeside’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 Lakeside: questions
What is the median household income in Lakeside?
$81,684 (±$7,253) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakeside?
8.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeside?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeside work?
6% work in town.
Is Lakeside walkable?
Lakeside is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lakeside without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakeside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeside
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.