Nokomis Beach Pavilion · Photo: National Park Service · Public domainHouseholds in Nokomis earn less than those in 95% of U.S. towns
11.9% of residents live below the poverty line, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Nokomis C; getting around on foot earns it B. Only 2% stay in Nokomis for work; outside it, Venice is the main destination (13%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Nokomis: the figures worth knowing
Commutes from Nokomis are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Nokomis’ workforce skews older
37% of Nokomis’ working residents are 55 or older. 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.
Why Nokomis gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Nokomis is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #507 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Nokomis’ grade up (ahead of 61% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($41,916, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nokomis could be anywhere from D to B.
Nokomis’ commute takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nokomis workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,532 commuters (the 13% 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.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Nokomis
598 jobs are based in Nokomis.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nokomis, 2013 → 2023: 494 → 598. 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 Nokomis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Nokomis by day and by night
On a workday 1,267 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 569 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Nokomis on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.46 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.
Where Nokomis goes to work
Where Nokomis clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Nokomis
About 28% 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 around Nokomis: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nokomis is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #396 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% 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 1,766 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 9% 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 1.7% of Nokomis households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nokomis’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,535 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700, Nokomis comes 3,236th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,234 | Rush Township PA | 3,516 | $76K | 12.0% | 11.2% | 7% | C |
| 3,235 | Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente CA | 3,347 | $86K | 25.2% | 6.7% | 4% | C |
| 3,236 | Nokomis FL | 3,452 | $42K | 11.9% | 5.0% | 2% | C |
| 3,237 | Savanna Township IL | 3,324 | $50K | 16.6% | 1.4% | 27% | C |
| 3,238 | Denmark NY | 2,619 | $63K | 16.7% | 2.2% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Nokomis, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bordering towns draw 19% of Nokomis’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Venice. Darker towns draw more of Nokomis’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 Nokomis: questions
What is the median household income in Nokomis?
$41,916 (±$18,148) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nokomis?
11.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nokomis?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nokomis work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Venice (13%, 1 mi), Sarasota (9%, 16 mi), Laurel (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nokomis walkable?
Nokomis is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nokomis 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 Nokomis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nokomis
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.