Photo: Mjrmtg · CC BY 4.0Gainesville draws about half of Newberry’s working residents
Working residents average 31 minutes each way (Florida 28, U.S. 26). The two grades for Newberry are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 6% work in Newberry; the top destination outside it is Gainesville (46%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Newberry apart
Newberry trades workers with the towns around it
Newberry has about as many jobs (4,128) as working residents (3,530), but they are mostly different people: 3,301 residents leave for work each day while 3,899 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Newberry are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly half of Newberry works in Gainesville
1,635 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Gainesville, 15 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Newberry itself. The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Newberry are held by workers 29 or younger, against 19% of Newberry’s own working residents. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Newberry
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Newberry is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #242 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Newberry’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newberry could be anywhere from C to A.
A workday in Newberry: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,301 residents head out to work, 229 work right here, and 3,899 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 (1.17 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 Newberry goes to work
Where Newberry clocks in
46% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Newberry: what the 4,128 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newberry, 2013 → 2023: 4,253 → 4,128. 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 Newberry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Newberry takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newberry workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,933 commuters (the 14% 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.
Half of Newberry commutes less than 16 miles
About 21% 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 Newberry, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newberry is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #610 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 3,426 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of Newberry households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newberry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,944 U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,600, Newberry comes 1,426th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 338 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,424 | Mammoth Lakes CA | 6,867 | $98K | 6.1% | 3.3% | 52% | B |
| 1,425 | Lopatcong Township NJ | 9,537 | $91K | 10.0% | 5.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,426 | Newberry FL | 8,618 | $90K | 9.8% | 2.8% | 6% | B |
| 1,427 | Geneseo NY | 7,759 | $47K | 36.6% | 10.2% | 11% | B |
| 1,428 | Morris Township IL | 7,356 | $74K | 10.4% | 3.4% | 14% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,944 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Newberry, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns around Newberry
The biggest share goes to High Springs (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newberry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newberry | – | B | C− | 31 min | $89,552 |
| Archer | under 1% | D | B | 28 min | $41,058 |
| High Springs | 1% | B | C− | 25 min | $94,421 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Newberry’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 Newberry: questions
What is the median household income in Newberry?
$89,552 (±$17,770) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newberry?
9.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newberry?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newberry work?
6% work in town.
Is Newberry walkable?
Newberry is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newberry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newberry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newberry
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.