Photo: (Ebyabe) · CC BY 2.5Ocoee has 0.7 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B+: better than 71% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #166 of 638 in Florida.
Walkability A−: more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns · #250 of 638 in Florida.
Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 31 minutes each way (Florida 28, U.S. 26). Only 6% work in Ocoee; the top destination outside it is Orlando (26%, 15 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.6 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 8.0 in Orlando (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Ocoee
Ocoee draws workers from far and wide
The 16,095 jobs in Ocoee are filled from a wide area. Ocoee’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 26%; the other 66% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Ocoee has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Ocoee went from 11,941 in 2013 to 16,095 in 2023, +35%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Ocoee’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ocoee is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #166 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Ocoee’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ocoee could be anywhere from B to A.
26% of working residents work in Orlando
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Ocoee clocks in
26% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 16,095 jobs in Ocoee are
16,095 jobs are based in Ocoee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ocoee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocoee, 2013 → 2023: 11,941 → 16,095. 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.
Ocoee quiets down on a workday
On a workday 21,174 residents head out to work, 1,289 work right here, and 14,806 people come in from elsewhere.
About 46,000 people are in Ocoee on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.72 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.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Florida
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ocoee workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21,629 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Ocoee commutes less than 12 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 19% 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.
Ocoee is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ocoee is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #250 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Ocoee 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 25,826 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 14% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 11% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% 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). 5.6% of Ocoee households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Ocoee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ocoee is 393rd of 862 U.S. towns of 36,000 to 70,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ocoee, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 391 | Marion IA | 42,732 | $87K | 8.1% | 3.6% | 15% | B+ |
| 392 | La Vergne TN | 42,146 | $81K | 15.1% | 2.2% | 11% | B+ |
| 393 | Ocoee FL | 51,932 | $99K | 10.3% | 4.5% | 6% | B+ |
| 394 | Woburn MA | 43,962 | $111K | 7.9% | 7.9% | 15% | B+ |
| 395 | Barnstable Town MA | 50,101 | $92K | 7.4% | 3.1% | 40% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 862 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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.
Ocoee and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Winter Garden (4%). Darker towns draw more of Ocoee’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ocoee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocoee | – | B+ | A− | 31 min | $98,911 |
| Clarcona | under 2% | B− | C− | 27 min | $41,861 |
| Gotha | under 2% | — | A | 29 min | — |
| Winter Garden | 4% | B | B+ | 27 min | $106,495 |
| Lake Butler | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 28 min | $182,500 |
| Paradise Heights | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Pine Hills | under 2% | C | A | 30 min | $58,673 |
Same-state neighbors only. Paradise Heights: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Ocoee: questions
What is the median household income in Ocoee?
$98,911 (±$8,862) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ocoee?
10.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ocoee?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ocoee work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (26%, 15 mi), Lake Buena Vista (5%, 14 mi), Winter Garden (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ocoee walkable?
Ocoee is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ocoee without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 11% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ocoee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocoee
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.