With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Medulla works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Medulla B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. Medulla has 2,210 jobs; 5,118 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Medulla; the top destination outside it is Lakeland (29%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Medulla: the gist
Medulla and Lakeland trade workers both ways
Lakeland is the top workplace for Medulla residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Medulla come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Medulla has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Medulla went from 1,469 in 2013 to 2,210 in 2023, +50%. The jobs ↓
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 drives the Jobs & income grade in Medulla
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Medulla is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #203 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Medulla’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($70,802, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Medulla could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Commuting out of Medulla: the destinations
Where Medulla clocks in
29% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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 Medulla
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Medulla, 2013 → 2023: 1,469 → 2,210. 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 Medulla’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Medulla
On a workday 5,004 residents head out to work, 114 work right here, and 2,096 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,100 people are in Medulla on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Medulla’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Medulla workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,759 commuters (the 13% 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 in the region Medulla works
About 19% 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 commute in Medulla is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Medulla is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #444 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% 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 5,500 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 65% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 14% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% 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). 1.9% of Medulla households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Medulla’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Medulla ranks: 1,133rd of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | 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+ |
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| 235 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
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| 301 | Asbury Lake FL | 14,458 | $101K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 322 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
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| 1,131 | Lloyd NY | 11,143 | $92K | 5.4% | 5.7% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,132 | Cooper Township MI | 10,446 | $83K | 2.7% | 6.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,133 | Medulla FL | 10,985 | $71K | 8.7% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,134 | Mound MN | 9,064 | $87K | 8.8% | 5.2% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,135 | Yelm WA | 12,043 | $91K | 6.1% | 3.8% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Medulla, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How Medulla compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Lakeland Highlands (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Medulla workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medulla | – | B+ | B− | 26 min | $70,802 |
| Lakeland Highlands | 1% | A | B | 24 min | $108,263 |
| Willow Oak | under 2% | C | D | 32 min | $65,688 |
| Fuller Heights | under 2% | B | C− | 26 min | $82,006 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Medulla’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 Medulla: questions
What is the median household income in Medulla?
$70,802 (±$12,096) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Medulla?
8.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Medulla?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Medulla work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lakeland (29%, 7 mi), Bartow (8%, 11 mi), Tampa (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Medulla walkable?
Medulla is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Medulla without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 14% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Medulla, from the people who make the trip.
More of Medulla
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.