Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5Most of Okahumpka commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Okahumpka itself; outside it, Leesburg draws the most (8%, 2 miles). There are 33 jobs in Okahumpka; 76 of its residents have a job. For 72% 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
How a workday changes Okahumpka
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Okahumpka on a workday afternoon, 10% 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 Okahumpka’s working residents head each day
Where Okahumpka clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Okahumpka makes things: 94% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Okahumpka, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 33. 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 Okahumpka’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Okahumpka
of Okahumpka workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45 commuters (the 72% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Okahumpka
About 42% 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.
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 Okahumpka: questions
What is the median household income in Okahumpka?
$152,813 (±$144,231) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Okahumpka?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Okahumpka work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Leesburg (8%, 2 mi), Tampa (7%, 64 mi), Orlando (5%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Okahumpka without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Okahumpka, from the people who make the trip.
More of Okahumpka
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.