Ona draws 186 commuters a day, with 2.1 jobs for every working resident
At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%). Employers in Ona report 187 jobs; 91 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Ona; the top destination outside it is Wauchula (19%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Ona for work, and who comes in
On a workday 90 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 140 people are in Ona on a workday afternoon, 218% more 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.
The daily trip into Ona
Where Ona clocks in
3% of workers
3% 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 Ona
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ona, 2013 → 2023: 323 → 187. 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 Ona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Ona
of Ona workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 commuters (the 0% 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.
How many miles Ona commutes
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.
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 Ona: questions
What is the poverty rate in Ona?
9.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ona work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wauchula (19%, 8 mi), Arcadia (3%, 18 mi), Avon Park (3%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ona without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 52% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ona
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.