Lely Resort has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B+: better than 69% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #187 of 638 in Florida.
Walkability C: more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns · #567 of 638 in Florida.
Household incomes here are higher than in 72% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 24 minutes each way (Florida 28, U.S. 26). Only 4% work in Lely Resort; the top destination outside it is Naples (12%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Lely Resort
Jobs in Lely Resort have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Lely Resort went from 521 in 2013 to 1,154 in 2023, +121%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Lely Resort’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lely Resort is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #187 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Lely Resort’s grade up ($93,750, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (9.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lely Resort could be anywhere from C to A.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1,154 jobs are based in Lely Resort. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lely Resort’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lely Resort, 2013 → 2023: 521 → 1,154. 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.
Half of Lely Resort commutes less than 12 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 32% 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.
Lely Resort quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,457 residents head out to work, 103 work right here, and 1,051 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,200 people are in Lely Resort on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.45 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.
12% of working residents work in Naples
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Lely Resort clocks in
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lely Resort workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,535 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Most trips from Lely Resort start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lely Resort is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #567 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% 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 3,221 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 8.8% of Lely Resort households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lely Resort’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lely Resort is 1,170th of 2,944 U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,600 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lely Resort, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 338 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,168 | Salem Township KS | 9,673 | $73K | 11.6% | 1.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,169 | Rose Township MI | 6,268 | $107K | 6.0% | 5.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,170 | Lely Resort FL | 8,582 | $94K | 9.8% | 3.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,171 | Island Lake IL | 8,047 | $103K | 6.7% | 6.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,172 | Topsham ME | 9,982 | $91K | 6.4% | 4.3% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,944 | 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.
Lely Resort and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Lely Resort’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lely Resort workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lely Resort | – | B+ | C | 24 min | $93,750 |
| Lely | under 2% | B+ | C | 19 min | $69,846 |
| Naples Manor | under 2% | C+ | C | 20 min | $64,937 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Lely Resort: questions
What is the median household income in Lely Resort?
$93,750 (±$22,236) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lely Resort?
9.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lely Resort?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lely Resort work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Naples (12%, 7 mi), Marco Island (7%, 11 mi), Vineyards (2%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lely Resort walkable?
Lely Resort is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lely Resort without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lely Resort, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lely Resort
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.