Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Mascotte has lower unemployment (1.5%) than 90% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 34 minutes each way (Florida 28, U.S. 26). Jobs and income earn Mascotte B+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 2% stay in Mascotte for work; outside it, Orlando is the main destination (12%, 37 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Mascotte: the gist
Mascotte’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mascotte is Orlando, 37 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (380) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Mascotte is a place people come home to
There are 612 jobs based in Mascotte, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mascotte has about 7,600 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Mascotte workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 drives the Jobs & income grade in Mascotte
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mascotte is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #155 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Mascotte’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns). 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, Mascotte could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Mascotte’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Mascotte
On a workday 3,117 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 551 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,600 people are in Mascotte on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.19 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 trip to work from Mascotte: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mascotte workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,513 commuters (the 12% 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.
Where Mascotte’s working residents head each day
Where Mascotte clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Mascotte
612 jobs are based in Mascotte.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mascotte, 2013 → 2023: 289 → 612. 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 Mascotte’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Mascotte walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mascotte is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #601 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Mascotte near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,981 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.5% of Mascotte households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mascotte’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mascotte next to U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000: 1,070th of 2,878 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 343 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,068 | Waterford Township NJ | 10,562 | $112K | 8.0% | 5.7% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,069 | Pismo Beach CA | 7,911 | $118K | 6.9% | 4.4% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,070 | Mascotte FL | 10,150 | $84K | 4.6% | 1.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,071 | Canfield OH | 7,584 | $97K | 4.1% | 6.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,072 | Litchfield CT | 8,381 | $103K | 4.9% | 5.1% | 17% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mascotte, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Mascotte
The biggest share goes to Groveland (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Mascotte’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 Mascotte: questions
What is the median household income in Mascotte?
$83,878 (±$10,262) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mascotte?
4.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mascotte?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mascotte work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (12%, 37 mi), Clermont (9%, 12 mi), Groveland (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mascotte walkable?
Mascotte is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mascotte without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mascotte, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mascotte
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.