Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5Fewer people are out of work in Montverde (1.1%) than in 94% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers (Florida 16%). Montverde grades A for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 3% work in Montverde; the top destination outside it is Orlando (17%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Montverde, in a few figures
Montverde has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Montverde went from 313 in 2013 to 600 in 2023, +92%. The jobs ↓
Montverde’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Montverde is Orlando, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (126) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Montverde
24% of Montverde workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. 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 755 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Montverde’s grade
Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Montverde could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What work there is in Montverde: 600 jobs
600 jobs are based in Montverde.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montverde, 2013 → 2023: 313 → 600. 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 Montverde’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Montverde works
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.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Montverde
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montverde workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 845 commuters (the 24% 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 Montverde: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 731 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 576 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
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 towns that employ Montverde’s residents
Where Montverde clocks in
17% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
In Montverde, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montverde is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 6.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,113 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). 0.0% of Montverde households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Montverde’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Montverde comes 224th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 222 | Dalworthington Gardens TX | 2,276 | $139K | 4.2% | 4.1% | 2% | A |
| 223 | Del Rey Oaks CA | 1,536 | $135K | 3.8% | 12.4% | 4% | A |
| 224 | Montverde FL | 1,836 | $97K | 3.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A |
| 225 | Prairie Grove IL | 1,939 | $141K | 3.7% | 3.2% | 1% | A |
| 226 | Lebanon NJ | 1,676 | $110K | 4.7% | 2.5% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Montverde, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Around Montverde: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montverde workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montverde | – | A | B | 28 min | $97,031 |
| Ferndale | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ferndale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montverde’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 Montverde: questions
What is the median household income in Montverde?
$97,031 (±$18,717) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montverde?
3.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montverde?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montverde work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (17%, 23 mi), Clermont (6%, 6 mi), Tavares (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Montverde walkable?
Montverde is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montverde without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montverde, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montverde
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.