Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Ocklawaha’s household incomes are lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Florida. Below the poverty line: 13.3% of residents, next to 12.6% across Florida. Jobs and income earn Ocklawaha C−; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ocklawaha and work: the main findings
Ocklawaha is a place people come home to
There are 151 jobs based in Ocklawaha, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ocklawaha has about 1,200 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Ocklawaha workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 570 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Ocklawaha’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Ocklawaha is better than 16% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Ocklawaha’s grade up (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($37,894, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (13.5%) is left out: Ocklawaha’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ocklawaha could be anywhere from D to C+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Ocklawaha
On a workday 564 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Ocklawaha on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.26 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.
The daily trip from Ocklawaha: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ocklawaha workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 483 commuters (the 5% 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.
16% of working residents work in Ocala
Where Ocklawaha clocks in
16% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Ocklawaha
151 jobs are based in Ocklawaha.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocklawaha, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 151. 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 Ocklawaha’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Ocklawaha
About 29% 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.
For most of Ocklawaha, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ocklawaha is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. 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 507 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% 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). 5.3% of Ocklawaha households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ocklawaha’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Ocklawaha is 4,359th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 186 | Belleair Beach FL | 1,581 | $164K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,357 | Eldorado TX | 1,457 | $69K | 13.5% | 4.0% | 24% | C− |
| 4,358 | Canaan Township OH | 1,599 | $58K | 14.7% | 3.4% | 4% | C− |
| 4,359 | Ocklawaha FL | 1,586 | $38K | 13.3% | 13.5% | 1% | C− |
| 4,360 | Ledbetter KY | 1,785 | $60K | 27.7% | 9.8% | 4% | C− |
| 4,361 | Daniels WV | 1,489 | $60K | 24.2% | 3.9% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Ocklawaha, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Ocklawaha and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ocklawaha workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocklawaha | – | C− | D | 34 min | $37,894 |
| Silver Springs Shores East | under 2% | D | D | 35 min | $59,861 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ocklawaha’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 Ocklawaha: questions
What is the median household income in Ocklawaha?
$37,894 (±$13,284) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ocklawaha?
13.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ocklawaha?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ocklawaha work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ocala (16%, 16 mi), The Villages (6%, 11 mi), Lady Lake (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ocklawaha walkable?
Ocklawaha is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ocklawaha without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ocklawaha, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocklawaha
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.