Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY 4.0More people are out of work in Mount Plymouth (9.7%) than in 94% of U.S. towns
Mount Plymouth grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 2% stay in Mount Plymouth for work; outside it, Orlando is the main destination (12%, 26 miles). Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average, where Florida has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Mount Plymouth apart
Mount Plymouth makes and builds things
60% of the jobs based in Mount Plymouth are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mount Plymouth residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Mount Plymouth is a place people come home to
There are 527 jobs based in Mount Plymouth, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mount Plymouth has about 2,900 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Mount Plymouth’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mount Plymouth is Orlando, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (272) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Mount Plymouth workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Mount Plymouth’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Plymouth is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #490 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Mount Plymouth’s grade up ($90,041, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Plymouth could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Factories, building and farms: 60% of the jobs in Mount Plymouth
527 jobs are based in Mount Plymouth.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Plymouth, 2014 → 2024: 298 → 527. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Plymouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Mount Plymouth
On a workday 2,154 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 492 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Mount Plymouth on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.24 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 2024, primary jobs.
How far Mount Plymouth goes to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 33 minutes each way for Mount Plymouth’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Plymouth workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,761 commuters (the 20% 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.
Commuting out of Mount Plymouth: the destinations
Where Mount Plymouth clocks in
12% 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.
The commute in Mount Plymouth is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Plymouth is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #596 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Mount Plymouth 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 2,190 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). 1.2% of Mount Plymouth households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Plymouth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200, Mount Plymouth comes 2,797th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 50 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,795 | Barboursville WV | 4,307 | $61K | 19.2% | 4.2% | 10% | C |
| 2,796 | North Fond du Lac WI | 5,425 | $63K | 12.3% | 8.2% | 3% | C |
| 2,797 | Mount Plymouth FL | 4,604 | $90K | 19.9% | 9.7% | 2% | C |
| 2,798 | Burnham IL | 3,919 | $58K | 15.7% | 10.1% | 2% | C |
| 2,799 | Ridgeland SC | 3,818 | $63K | 26.8% | 2.5% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Plymouth, 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 2024, 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 Plymouth: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Plymouth?
$90,041 (±$13,570) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Plymouth?
19.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Plymouth?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Plymouth work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (12%, 26 mi), Tavares (6%, 14 mi), Sanford (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Mount Plymouth walkable?
Mount Plymouth is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Plymouth 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 Mount Plymouth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Plymouth
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.