Photo: Connor J Williams · CC BY 2.0There are 1.8 jobs in Longwood for every working resident, and 13,016 people commute in
13,435 jobs are based in Longwood for 7,437 working residents. Jobs and income earn Longwood B; getting around on foot earns it A−. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 8.0 in Orlando.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Longwood in brief
Longwood is where the jobs are
Longwood has 13,435 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Longwood draws workers from far and wide
The 13,435 jobs in Longwood are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 29%; the other 68% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
The biggest group of Longwood’s workers comes from Orlando
762 of the people who work in Longwood live in Orlando, 16 miles away, more than from any other town. 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.
Why Longwood gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Longwood is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #298 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Longwood’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Longwood could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Longwood on a workday afternoon
On a workday 7,018 residents head out to work and 419 work right here.
About 23,000 people are in Longwood on a workday afternoon, 36% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to Longwood: where workers come from
Where Longwood clocks in
18% of workers
5% 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 Longwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Longwood, 2013 → 2023: 11,223 → 13,435. 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 Longwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Longwood workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,712 commuters (the 18% 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 commute from Longwood, by distance
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.
Longwood is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Longwood is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #232 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% 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 8,173 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 72% 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 2.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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 Longwood households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Longwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Longwood is 1,193rd of 1,999 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,191 | Green Valley AZ | 22,114 | $62K | 7.7% | 2.4% | 12% | B |
| 1,192 | Fondulac Township IL | 12,154 | $74K | 11.5% | 4.4% | 11% | B |
| 1,193 | Longwood FL | 16,892 | $79K | 9.9% | 6.7% | 6% | B |
| 1,194 | Wahiawa HI | 17,996 | $87K | 16.3% | 3.8% | 6% | B− |
| 1,195 | Wallington NJ | 12,092 | $86K | 12.2% | 8.3% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Longwood, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Around Longwood: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Casselberry (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Longwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | – | B | A− | 26 min | $78,548 |
| Casselberry | 2% | B | A− | 28 min | $62,447 |
| Winter Springs | under 2% | A− | B | 29 min | $92,574 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Longwood’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 Longwood: questions
What is the median household income in Longwood?
$78,548 (±$4,096) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Longwood?
9.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Longwood?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Longwood work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (18%, 16 mi), Sanford (7%, 8 mi), Lake Mary (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Longwood walkable?
Longwood is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Longwood without a car?
<1% 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 Longwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Longwood
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.