Households in Nocatee earn more than those in 94% of U.S. towns
6.2% of residents are in poverty (Florida 12.6%). Jobs and income earn Nocatee A−; getting around on foot earns it B−. For 43% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Florida as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Nocatee stands out on work
Home offices are common in Nocatee
43% of Nocatee workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Jobs in Nocatee have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Nocatee went from 425 in 2013 to 4,211 in 2023, +891%. The jobs ↓
Much of Nocatee works one town over
52% of working residents work in a town that borders Nocatee: Jacksonville (46%) and Palm Valley (6%). Next door ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Nocatee
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Nocatee is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #104 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Nocatee’s grade up ($141,868, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nocatee could be anywhere from B to A+.
Nocatee’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nocatee workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,998 commuters (the 43% 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.
What Nocatee’s employers do
4,211 jobs are based in Nocatee.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nocatee, 2013 → 2023: 425 → 4,211. 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 Nocatee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Nocatee
On a workday 8,232 residents head out to work, 575 work right here, and 3,636 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23,000 people are in Nocatee on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.48 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 2023, primary jobs.
46% of working residents work in Jacksonville
Where Nocatee clocks in
46% of workers
5% 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.
How far it is to work from Nocatee
About 23% 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 Nocatee, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nocatee is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #423 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Nocatee 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 10,473 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% 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). 2.6% of Nocatee households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nocatee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Nocatee is 535th of 1,509 U.S. towns of 19,000 to 37,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Palmetto Bay FL | 24,886 | $142K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 533 | Benbrook TX | 24,279 | $86K | 5.9% | 4.3% | 4% | A− |
| 534 | La Crescenta-Montrose CA | 19,660 | $130K | 5.1% | 8.1% | 4% | A− |
| 535 | Nocatee FL | 27,442 | $142K | 6.2% | 4.7% | 7% | A− |
| 536 | North Aurora IL | 19,406 | $114K | 6.3% | 5.5% | 3% | A− |
| 537 | Mansfield CT | 29,062 | $72K | 21.6% | 11.2% | 24% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,509 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Nocatee, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns next door employ 52% of Nocatee
The biggest share goes to Jacksonville (46%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nocatee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nocatee | – | A− | B− | 28 min | $141,868 |
| Palm Valley | 6% | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $116,625 |
| Jacksonville | 46% | B− | A− | 24 min | $69,872 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nocatee’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 Nocatee: questions
What is the median household income in Nocatee?
$141,868 (±$29,150) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nocatee?
6.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nocatee?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 43% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nocatee work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (46%, 23 mi), Palm Valley (6%, 8 mi), St. Augustine (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nocatee walkable?
Nocatee is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nocatee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nocatee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nocatee
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.