Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Moore Haven’s household incomes are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
3% of workers have no commute at all, where Florida as a whole has 16%. 26.3% of residents live below the poverty line; Florida has 12.6%. The two grades for Moore Haven are D− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Moore Haven, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
48% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Moore Haven’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Moore Haven is LaBelle, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (49) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Moore Haven workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 565 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Moore Haven’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Moore Haven is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Moore Haven’s grade.
Unemployment (12.2%) is left out: Moore Haven’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Moore Haven could be anywhere from D− to D.
How many miles Moore Haven commutes
About 48% 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.
Getting to work from Moore Haven takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moore Haven workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 583 commuters (the 3% 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.
Moore Haven on a workday afternoon
On a workday 526 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 399 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 (0.78 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.
9% of working residents work in LaBelle
Where Moore Haven clocks in
9% 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.
Most jobs in Moore Haven are in services
438 jobs are based in Moore Haven.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moore Haven, 2013 → 2023: 575 → 438. 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 Moore Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Moore Haven start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moore Haven is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Moore Haven 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 601 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). 2.0% of Moore Haven households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Moore Haven’s commuters take a bus or train.
Moore Haven next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,962 | Flomaton AL | 1,440 | $43K | 31.0% | 7.1% | 7% | D− |
| 5,963 | Sulligent AL | 1,812 | $35K | 33.1% | 2.1% | 12% | D− |
| 5,964 | Moore Haven FL | 1,745 | $40K | 26.3% | 12.2% | 7% | D− |
| 5,965 | Gretna FL | 1,296 | $36K | 33.5% | 3.7% | 1% | D− |
| 5,966 | Jonesville LA | 1,531 | $44K | 34.3% | 6.4% | 23% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Moore Haven, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Moore Haven: questions
What is the median household income in Moore Haven?
$40,094 (±$13,304) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moore Haven?
26.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moore Haven?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moore Haven work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are LaBelle (9%, 23 mi), Fort Myers (4%, 48 mi), Clewiston (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moore Haven walkable?
Moore Haven is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moore Haven without a car?
1% 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 Moore Haven, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moore Haven
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.