Households in Pine Manor have lower incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 19.2% of residents, next to 12.6% for Florida as a whole. Jobs and income earn Pine Manor C−; getting around on foot earns it A+. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 4.1 in Fort Myers.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Pine Manor apart
Pine Manor trades workers with the towns around it
Pine Manor has about as many jobs (1,220) as working residents (1,390), but they are mostly different people: 1,377 residents leave for work each day while 1,207 people come in. Only 1% of the jobs in Pine Manor are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Pine Manor workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Pine Manor 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.
The figures behind Pine Manor’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pine Manor is better than 16% of U.S. towns, #588 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Pine Manor’s grade up (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (12.2%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pine Manor could be anywhere from D to B+.
How a workday changes Pine Manor
On a workday 1,377 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 1,207 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Pine Manor
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Manor workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,409 commuters (the <1% 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.
17% of working residents work in Fort Myers
Where Pine Manor clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
The 1,220 jobs based in Pine Manor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Manor, 2013 → 2023: 1,171 → 1,220. 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 Manor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pine Manor
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.
Pine Manor is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pine Manor is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #10 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Pine Manor 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 1,416 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 57% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% 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). 27.6% of Pine Manor households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pine Manor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pine Manor is 3,603rd of 4,210 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 4,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,601 | Lowville NY | 4,869 | $69K | 16.2% | 6.4% | 35% | C− |
| 3,602 | San Manuel AZ | 3,491 | $48K | 22.0% | 2.4% | 12% | C− |
| 3,603 | Pine Manor FL | 3,660 | $46K | 19.2% | 12.2% | 1% | C− |
| 3,604 | Austin IN | 4,254 | $32K | 27.0% | 5.3% | 5% | C− |
| 3,605 | Water Valley MS | 3,414 | $43K | 27.1% | 3.1% | 18% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,210 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Manor, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns next door employ 22% of Pine Manor
The biggest share goes to Fort Myers (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Manor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Manor | – | C− | A+ | 23 min | $45,697 |
| Whiskey Creek | under 2% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $104,476 |
| Villas | 5% | B− | A | 24 min | $58,413 |
| Fort Myers | 17% | C+ | A− | 25 min | $63,732 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pine Manor’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 Manor: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Manor?
$45,697 (±$8,395) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Manor?
19.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Manor?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Manor work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Myers (17%, 4 mi), Cape Coral (8%, 9 mi), Villas (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine Manor walkable?
Pine Manor is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine Manor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 28% of households have no car. 57% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Manor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Manor
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.