Photo: Wknight94 talk · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Pine Island commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Pine Island has 2 jobs, and 20 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Pine Island; the top destination outside it is Spring Hill (30%, 10 miles). 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Pine Island
On a workday 20 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Pine Island on a workday afternoon, 15% 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 Pine Island’s working residents head each day
Where Pine Island clocks in
30% of workers
5% 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.
Pine Island is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Pine Island
of Pine Island workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 74 commuters (the 0% 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 Island’s commute, mile by mile
About 35% 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.
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: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pine Island?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pine Island work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spring Hill (30%, 10 mi), North Weeki Wachee (15%, 6 mi), Altamonte Springs (5%, 77 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine Island without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Island, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Island
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.