North Weeki Wachee has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 3% stay in North Weeki Wachee for work; outside it, Spring Hill is the main destination (13%, 5 miles). 1,043 jobs are based in North Weeki Wachee, and 3,402 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income North Weeki Wachee is better than 39% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in North Weeki Wachee: the figures worth knowing
The figures behind North Weeki Wachee’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds North Weeki Wachee’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($64,891, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, North Weeki Wachee could be anywhere from C− to B.
What North Weeki Wachee’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Weeki Wachee, 2013 → 2023: 947 → 1,043. 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 North Weeki Wachee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
North Weeki Wachee quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,314 residents head out to work, 88 work right here, and 955 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in North Weeki Wachee on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
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 the trip to work from North Weeki Wachee ends
Where North Weeki Wachee clocks in
13% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
A commute of about 27 minutes in North Weeki Wachee
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Weeki Wachee workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,268 commuters (the 12% 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.
The commute from North Weeki Wachee, by distance
About 26% 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.
Driving is how North Weeki Wachee gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, the same share as across Florida, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,708 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 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% 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). 1.8% of North Weeki Wachee households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of North Weeki Wachee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,100, North Weeki Wachee ranks 1,991st of 2,862 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 39 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 339 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,989 | New Paltz NY | 8,689 | $53K | 38.2% | 10.7% | 11% | C+ |
| 1,990 | Swanton VT | 6,894 | $81K | 13.0% | 3.8% | 16% | C+ |
| 1,991 | North Weeki Wachee FL | 8,979 | $65K | 11.7% | 4.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,992 | Richmond Heights OH | 10,475 | $61K | 9.9% | 11.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,993 | Dayton TN | 7,819 | $50K | 22.2% | 1.3% | 39% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,862 | 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 North Weeki Wachee, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns around North Weeki Wachee
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | North Weeki Wachee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Weeki Wachee | – | C+ | B | 27 min | $64,891 |
| High Point | 3% | C | C+ | 20 min | $49,368 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to High Point. Darker towns draw more of North Weeki Wachee’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 North Weeki Wachee: questions
What is the median household income in North Weeki Wachee?
$64,891 (±$9,612) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Weeki Wachee?
11.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Weeki Wachee?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Weeki Wachee work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spring Hill (13%, 5 mi), Tampa (7%, 41 mi), Brooksville (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is North Weeki Wachee walkable?
North Weeki Wachee is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around North Weeki Wachee without a car?
<1% 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 North Weeki Wachee, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Weeki Wachee
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.