Olga School · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Olga earn more than those in 72% of U.S. towns
2.8% of residents live below the poverty line; Florida has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Olga A−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 4% work in Olga itself; outside it, Fort Myers draws the most (20%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Olga
Jobs in Olga have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Olga went from 305 in 2013 to 756 in 2023, +148%. The jobs ↓
Olga workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Olga
60% of Olga residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Olga pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. 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; with 891 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Olga gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Olga is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #107 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate holds Olga’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Olga could be anywhere from B− to A.
What the 756 jobs in Olga are
756 jobs are based in Olga.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olga, 2013 → 2023: 305 → 756. 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 Olga’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Olga: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olga workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,113 commuters (the 22% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 854 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 719 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Olga: the destinations
Where Olga clocks in
20% of workers
4% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Olga
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.
In Olga, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Olga is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #522 of 638 in Florida. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,428 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 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% 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). 0.8% of Olga households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Olga’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Olga is 822nd among 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 820 | Jackson Township IN | 3,812 | $103K | 5.0% | 3.4% | 3% | A− |
| 821 | Troy Township OH | 4,169 | $78K | 7.5% | 1.3% | 7% | A− |
| 822 | Olga FL | 3,282 | $94K | 2.8% | 3.3% | 4% | A− |
| 823 | Anchorage KY | 2,547 | $199K | 11.9% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| 824 | Yorkville NY | 2,572 | $73K | 4.2% | 2.8% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Olga, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Olga
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Olga workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olga | – | A− | C+ | 38 min | $93,576 |
| Alva | under 2% | A− | D | 35 min | $85,919 |
| Fort Myers Shores | under 2% | C | A− | 29 min | $72,955 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Olga’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 Olga: questions
What is the median household income in Olga?
$93,576 (±$16,071) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olga?
2.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olga?
38 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olga work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Myers (20%, 11 mi), North Fort Myers (4%, 9 mi), Cape Coral (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Olga walkable?
Olga is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Olga without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Olga, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olga
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.