Paradise Heights has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Paradise Heights report 82 jobs, and 674 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Paradise Heights for work; outside it, Orlando is the main destination (24%, 17 miles). 54% of workers work from home, where Florida as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Paradise Heights: the figures worth knowing
Home offices are common in Paradise Heights
54% of Paradise Heights workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Paradise Heights is a place people come home to
There are 82 jobs based in Paradise Heights, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Paradise Heights has about 290 people in it, 68% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 674 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Working from home in Paradise Heights
of Paradise Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 281 commuters (the 54% 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 works in Paradise Heights, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 673 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Paradise Heights on a workday afternoon, 68% 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 people from Paradise Heights work
Where Paradise Heights clocks in
24% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 55% of Paradise Heights’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paradise Heights, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 82. 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 Paradise Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Paradise Heights
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.
Next door to Paradise Heights
The biggest share goes to Ocoee (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paradise Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Heights | – | — | — | — | $53,511 |
| Apopka | 3% | B+ | B− | 31 min | $96,884 |
| Ocoee | 5% | B+ | A− | 31 min | $98,911 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Paradise Heights’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 Paradise Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Paradise Heights?
$53,511 (±$42,866) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paradise Heights?
8.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Paradise Heights work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (24%, 17 mi), Ocoee (5%, 3 mi), Lake Buena Vista (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Paradise Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paradise Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paradise Heights
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.