Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0About half of Micanopy’s working residents commute to Gainesville
9% of workers have no commute at all, where Florida as a whole has 16%. Only 5% work in Micanopy; the top destination outside it is Gainesville (47%, 13 miles). The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average (Florida 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Micanopy apart on work
Nearly half of Micanopy works in Gainesville
127 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Gainesville, 13 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Micanopy itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Micanopy are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida 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; with 273 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Micanopy’s residents
Where Micanopy clocks in
47% of workers
5% 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.
Getting to work from Micanopy takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Micanopy workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 395 commuters (the 9% 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.
A workday in Micanopy: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 260 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Micanopy on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
In Micanopy, services account for most jobs
171 jobs are based in Micanopy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Micanopy, 2013 → 2023: 169 → 171. 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 Micanopy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Micanopy works
About 22% 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 Micanopy: questions
What is the median household income in Micanopy?
$74,038 (±$11,257) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Micanopy?
11.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Micanopy?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Micanopy work?
5% work in town.
Can you get around Micanopy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Micanopy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Micanopy
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.