Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5More people are out of work in Mount Dora (5.9%) than in 73% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 30 minutes each way, next to 28 for Florida and 26 for the U.S. Mount Dora grades C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in ten work in Mount Dora itself; outside it, Tavares draws the most (10%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Mount Dora in brief
Mount Dora trades workers with the towns around it
Mount Dora has about as many jobs (7,422) as working residents (7,110), but they are mostly different people: 6,459 residents leave for work each day while 6,771 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Mount Dora are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Mount Dora draws workers from far and wide
The 7,422 jobs in Mount Dora are filled from a wide area. Mount Dora’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 23%; the other 68% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Mount Dora has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mount Dora went from 5,235 in 2013 to 7,422 in 2023, +42%. 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.
How Mount Dora earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Dora is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #389 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Mount Dora’s grade up (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Dora could be anywhere from C to B+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Mount Dora
On a workday 6,459 residents head out to work, 651 work right here, and 6,771 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 (1.04 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.
Where Mount Dora’s working residents head each day
Where Mount Dora clocks in
10% of workers
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.
What Mount Dora’s employers do
7,422 jobs are based in Mount Dora.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Dora, 2013 → 2023: 5,235 → 7,422. 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 Mount Dora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Mount Dora’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Dora workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,398 commuters (the 19% 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.
Miles to work from Mount Dora
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.
In Mount Dora, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Dora is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #276 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.7% 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 6,632 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). 8.3% of Mount Dora households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mount Dora’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mount Dora places 1,320th of 1,915 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,318 | Panama City Beach FL | 20,375 | $81K | 10.0% | 5.0% | 25% | C+ |
| 1,319 | Suitland MD | 23,793 | $72K | 13.5% | 8.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,320 | Mount Dora FL | 18,791 | $75K | 11.8% | 5.9% | 9% | C+ |
| 1,321 | Langley Park MD | 21,508 | $85K | 28.3% | 6.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,322 | East Moline IL | 20,453 | $62K | 19.8% | 3.4% | 14% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Mount Dora, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Mount Dora and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Eustis (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Dora workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dora | – | C+ | B+ | 30 min | $74,537 |
| Eustis | 4% | B− | B+ | 26 min | $65,373 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Dora’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 Mount Dora: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Dora?
$74,537 (±$7,361) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Dora?
11.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Dora?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Dora work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tavares (10%, 8 mi), Orlando (9%, 30 mi), Eustis (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Dora walkable?
Mount Dora is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Dora without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Dora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Dora
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.