Punta Gorda Fish Company Ice House · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Pine Island Center has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
242 jobs are based in Pine Island Center, against 558 working residents. Pine Island Center grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 7% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Pine Island Center apart on work
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Pine Island Center are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
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 558 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Pine Island Center’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Pine Island Center is better than 23% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Pine Island Center’s grade up ($68,173, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Pine Island Center’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pine Island Center could be anywhere from D to B−.
How far Pine Island Center’s workers travel
About 33% 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 Island Center’s commute takes about 23 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 Pine Island Center workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 508 commuters (the 7% 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 leaves Pine Island Center for work, and who comes in
On a workday 544 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 228 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Pine Island Center on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
11% of working residents work in Cape Coral
Where Pine Island Center clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Pine Island Center: what the 242 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Island Center, 2013 → 2023: 254 → 242. 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 Island Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Pine Island Center, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pine Island Center is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, the same share as across Florida, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 548 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 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 51% 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). 6.9% of Pine Island Center households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pine Island Center’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Pine Island Center ranks 3,853rd of 5,656 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,851 | Del Rey CA | 1,654 | $57K | 34.4% | 8.7% | 2% | C− |
| 3,852 | Rodney Village DE | 1,331 | $44K | 16.2% | 3.3% | 1% | C− |
| 3,853 | Pine Island Center FL | 1,834 | $68K | 12.3% | 4.0% | 3% | C− |
| 3,854 | Plain View NC | 1,741 | $54K | 10.5% | 16.4% | 2% | C− |
| 3,855 | Wilmerding PA | 1,700 | $36K | 29.8% | 12.7% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Island Center, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
16% of Pine Island Center works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to St. James City (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Island Center workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Island Center | – | C− | B− | 23 min | $68,173 |
| Pineland | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Bokeelia | 6% | C | B− | 27 min | $71,250 |
| St. James City | 10% | C | B− | 19 min | $69,403 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pineland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pine Island Center’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 Island Center: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Island Center?
$68,173 (±$15,456) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Island Center?
12.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Island Center?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Island Center work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cape Coral (11%, 8 mi), St. James City (10%, 6 mi), Fort Myers (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine Island Center walkable?
Pine Island Center is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine Island Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Island Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Island Center
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.