Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0Otter Creek has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Otter Creek itself; outside it, Cedar Key draws the most (16%, 20 miles). Otter Creek has 2 jobs for 31 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Florida as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Otter Creek quiets down on a workday
On a workday 31 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 88 people are in Otter Creek on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Otter Creek to work: where people go
Where Otter Creek clocks in
16% of workers
6% 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.
In Otter Creek, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Otter Creek, 2014 → 2024: 20 → 2. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Otter Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Otter Creek
of Otter Creek workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 65 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 far Otter Creek goes to work
About 23% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Otter Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Otter Creek?
$63,295 (±$7,078) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Otter Creek?
9.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Otter Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cedar Key (16%, 20 mi), Bronson (6%, 12 mi), Ocala (6%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Otter Creek without a car?
75% 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 Otter Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Otter Creek
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.