Households in Pelican Marsh have higher incomes than those in 94% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 2.7% of residents, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. Pelican Marsh grades A+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.4 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 31.0 in Miami.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pelican Marsh and work: the main findings
Pelican Marsh fills up on a workday
Pelican Marsh has 3,975 jobs, 5.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,800 people are in town, more than double the 2,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Pelican Marsh works from home
43% of Pelican Marsh workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Most Pelican Marsh residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 781 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Pelican Marsh earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Pelican Marsh is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #5 of 638 in Florida. Household income is its strongest input ($143,261, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Pelican Marsh’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pelican Marsh could be anywhere from A to A+.
How many people are in Pelican Marsh by day
On a workday 737 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 3,931 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,800 people are in Pelican Marsh on a workday afternoon, 122% more than live here.
5.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The trip to work from Pelican Marsh: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pelican Marsh workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 339 commuters (the 43% 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.
Half of Pelican Marsh commutes less than 7 miles
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.
Where the people who work in Pelican Marsh live
Where Pelican Marsh clocks in
12% of workers
4% of workers
2% 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.
Pelican Marsh is a services town
3,975 jobs are based in Pelican Marsh.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pelican Marsh, 2013 → 2023: 2,545 → 3,975. 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 Pelican Marsh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Pelican Marsh
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pelican Marsh is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #198 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Pelican Marsh near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 597 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 2.2% of Pelican Marsh households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pelican Marsh’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Pelican Marsh is 97th among 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Eagle Point AL | 3,110 | $152K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 96 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| 97 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| 98 | Upper Salford Township PA | 3,182 | $139K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 99 | Myersville MD | 1,885 | $150K | 3.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pelican Marsh, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Pelican Marsh
The biggest share goes to Pine Ridge (1%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pelican Marsh workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelican Marsh | – | A+ | A− | 24 min | $143,261 |
| Pine Ridge | 1% | A | C | 15 min | $131,953 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pelican Marsh’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 Pelican Marsh: questions
What is the median household income in Pelican Marsh?
$143,261 (±$22,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pelican Marsh?
2.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pelican Marsh?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 43% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pelican Marsh work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Naples (12%, 7 mi), Bonita Springs (4%, 7 mi), Tampa (2%, 126 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pelican Marsh walkable?
Pelican Marsh is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pelican Marsh 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 Pelican Marsh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pelican Marsh
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.