Unemployment in Pine Hills (11.6%) is higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 8.0 in Orlando. For jobs and income Pine Hills is better than 27% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (A). Measured by household income, Pine Hills is behind 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Pine Hills stands out on work
Pine Hills is a place people come home to
There are 4,469 jobs based in Pine Hills, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pine Hills has about 55,000 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pine Hills and Orlando trade workers both ways
Orlando is the top workplace for Pine Hills residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Pine Hills come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer than half of Pine Hills workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Pine Hills’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 15% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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.
How Pine Hills earns its Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Pine Hills’ grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pine Hills could be anywhere from C− to C.
How many people are in Pine Hills by day
On a workday 28,957 residents head out to work, 587 work right here, and 3,882 people come in from elsewhere.
About 55,000 people are in Pine Hills on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.15 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.
30% of working residents work in Orlando
Where Pine Hills clocks in
30% of workers
6% 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.
Inside Pine Hills’ 4,469 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Hills, 2013 → 2023: 3,995 → 4,469. 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 Pine Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Pine Hills: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Hills workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32,229 commuters (the 10% 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.
Pine Hills’ commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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.
Pine Hills is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 35,998 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 74% 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 6.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% 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). 9.6% of Pine Hills households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Pine Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Pine Hills compares with U.S. towns of 56,000 to 108,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Palm Beach Gardens FL | 63,883 | $107K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 17% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 513 | Johnson City TN | 74,943 | $57K | 20.3% | 5.6% | 44% | C |
| 514 | Mission TX | 88,992 | $61K | 19.4% | 7.8% | 21% | C |
| 515 | Pine Hills FL | 80,105 | $59K | 17.5% | 11.6% | 2% | C |
| 516 | Harlingen TX | 72,467 | $54K | 25.1% | 5.2% | 41% | C |
| 517 | Lauderhill FL | 75,668 | $51K | 19.4% | 8.5% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 566 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 Pine Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work next door: 32% of Pine Hills’ workers
The biggest share goes to Orlando (30%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hills | – | C | A | 30 min | $58,673 |
| Orlando | 30% | B− | A | 26 min | $72,336 |
| Clarcona | under 2% | B− | C− | 27 min | $41,861 |
| Ocoee | 2% | B+ | A− | 31 min | $98,911 |
| Orlovista | under 2% | C− | A− | 32 min | $46,938 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pine Hills’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 Pine Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Hills?
$58,673 (±$4,014) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Hills?
17.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Hills?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Hills work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (30%, 12 mi), Lake Buena Vista (6%, 15 mi), Ocoee (2%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine Hills walkable?
Pine Hills is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine Hills without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Hills
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.