Meadow Woods has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Meadow Woods B+; getting around on foot earns it A−. Employers in Meadow Woods report 2,264 jobs, against 19,960 working residents. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 8.0 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
What sets Meadow Woods apart on work
Jobs in Meadow Woods have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Meadow Woods went from 649 in 2013 to 2,264 in 2023, +249%. The jobs ↓
Meadow Woods is a place people come home to
There are 2,264 jobs based in Meadow Woods, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Meadow Woods has about 25,000 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Meadow Woods workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (26 to 30 minutes). 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Meadow Woods’ grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Meadow Woods is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #168 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Meadow Woods’ grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, 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, Meadow Woods could be anywhere from B− to A.
The kinds of work in Meadow Woods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meadow Woods, 2013 → 2023: 649 → 2,264. 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 Meadow Woods’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Meadow Woods for work, and who comes in
On a workday 19,613 residents head out to work, 347 work right here, and 1,917 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Meadow Woods on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
From Meadow Woods, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meadow Woods workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18,695 commuters (the 16% 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.
27% of working residents work in Orlando
Where Meadow Woods clocks in
27% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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 commute from Meadow Woods, by distance
About 18% 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.
Meadow Woods 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, Meadow Woods is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #168 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above 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 22,292 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 45% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% 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). 4.0% of Meadow Woods households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Meadow Woods’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Meadow Woods ranks: 478th of 1,011 U.S. towns of 30,000 to 58,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Cooper City FL | 35,030 | $132K | 5.0% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 476 | Lacey Township NJ | 30,297 | $103K | 5.1% | 5.5% | 12% | B+ |
| 477 | University Place WA | 35,479 | $99K | 8.2% | 5.1% | 6% | B+ |
| 478 | Meadow Woods FL | 42,852 | $83K | 8.4% | 4.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 479 | Richfield MN | 36,593 | $85K | 8.2% | 5.3% | 6% | B+ |
| 480 | Union Township OH | 51,713 | $80K | 9.0% | 3.2% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,011 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Meadow Woods, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 28% of Meadow Woods
The biggest share goes to Orlando (27%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Meadow Woods workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Woods | – | B+ | A− | 35 min | $82,744 |
| Orlando | 27% | B− | A | 26 min | $72,336 |
| Southchase | 1% | B | A | 27 min | $92,431 |
| Buenaventura Lakes | under 2% | C+ | A− | 30 min | $68,887 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Meadow Woods’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 Meadow Woods: questions
What is the median household income in Meadow Woods?
$82,744 (±$8,471) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meadow Woods?
8.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meadow Woods?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meadow Woods work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (27%, 7 mi), Lake Buena Vista (6%, 12 mi), Kissimmee (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Meadow Woods walkable?
Meadow Woods is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Meadow Woods without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 45% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meadow Woods, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meadow Woods
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.