Nelson and Company Historic District · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5Oviedo has higher household incomes than 87% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Oviedo A−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Poverty touches 5.3% of residents (Florida 12.6%). 27% of workers have no commute at all, where Florida as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Oviedo at work: what stands out
Oviedo draws workers from far and wide
The 11,648 jobs in Oviedo are filled from a wide area. Oviedo’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 21%; the other 70% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Oviedo
27% of Oviedo workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Oviedo
63% of Oviedo residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Oviedo pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Oviedo are held by workers 29 or younger, against 23% of Oviedo’s own working residents. 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.
Jobs & income in Oviedo: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oviedo is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #97 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Oviedo’s grade up ($117,070, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oviedo could be anywhere from B+ to A.
18% of working residents work in Orlando
Where Oviedo clocks in
18% 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 daily trip from Oviedo: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oviedo workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,032 commuters (the 27% 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.
The 11,648 jobs based in Oviedo
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oviedo, 2013 → 2023: 8,758 → 11,648. 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 Oviedo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Oviedo
On a workday 16,795 residents head out to work, 1,051 work right here, and 10,597 people come in from elsewhere.
About 35,000 people are in Oviedo on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
Miles to work from Oviedo
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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Oviedo is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oviedo is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #443 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 20,583 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, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 40% 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). 2.1% of Oviedo households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oviedo’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Oviedo is 353rd of 1,037 U.S. towns of 29,000 to 56,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 136 | Cooper City FL | 35,030 | $132K | 5.0% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 351 | Fitchburg WI | 34,615 | $87K | 9.3% | 1.9% | 8% | A− |
| 352 | Owings Mills MD | 37,245 | $96K | 5.6% | 4.7% | 7% | A− |
| 353 | Oviedo FL | 41,317 | $117K | 5.3% | 5.3% | 6% | A− |
| 354 | Marysville OH | 30,190 | $93K | 6.7% | 3.1% | 18% | A− |
| 355 | Cibolo TX | 39,019 | $122K | 4.1% | 6.8% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,037 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Oviedo, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns around Oviedo
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oviedo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oviedo | – | A− | B− | 27 min | $117,070 |
| Winter Springs | under 2% | A− | B | 29 min | $92,574 |
| Black Hammock | under 2% | C+ | C− | 21 min | $51,563 |
| Chuluota | under 2% | A | C | 38 min | $97,688 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oviedo’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 Oviedo: questions
What is the median household income in Oviedo?
$117,070 (±$8,810) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oviedo?
5.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oviedo?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oviedo work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (18%, 16 mi), University (9%, 5 mi), Sanford (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oviedo walkable?
Oviedo is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oviedo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oviedo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oviedo
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.