Billingsley Farm · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Lloyd has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
21% of workers work from home, where Florida as a whole has 16%. There are 34 jobs in Lloyd, against 85 working residents. Hardly any work in Lloyd; the top destination outside it is Tallahassee (44%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Lloyd
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Lloyd on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Lloyd ends
Where Lloyd clocks in
44% of workers
4% of workers
1% 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 kinds of work in Lloyd
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lloyd, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 34. 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 Lloyd’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lloyd
of Lloyd workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Lloyd goes to work
About 25% 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.
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 Lloyd: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lloyd?
33.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lloyd work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tallahassee (44%, 13 mi), Gainesville (4%, 115 mi), Dothan (1%, 97 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lloyd without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lloyd, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lloyd
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.