Most of Pinewood commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Pinewood grades C for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. 2,899 jobs are based in Pinewood; 7,072 of its residents have a job. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 8.2 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
The commute and the jobs: Pinewood in brief
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Pinewood’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 31 minutes, longer than the Florida average of 28. Time on the road ↓
Most Pinewood residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Pinewood and Miami trade workers both ways
Miami is the top workplace for Pinewood residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Pinewood come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Pinewood workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Pinewood workers earn over $40,000 a year
43% of Pinewood’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 13% 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Pinewood
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pinewood is better than 33% of U.S. towns, #476 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Pinewood’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pinewood could be anywhere from C− to B.
How long Pinewood spends getting to work: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pinewood workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,083 commuters (the 4% 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 Pinewood commutes less than 8 miles
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.
24% of working residents work in Miami
Where Pinewood clocks in
24% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Pinewood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinewood, 2013 → 2023: 3,737 → 2,899. 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 Pinewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Pinewood
On a workday 6,996 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 2,823 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Pinewood on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Pinewood
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pinewood is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #19 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Pinewood 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 8,440 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, 48% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% 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). 18.2% of Pinewood households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Pinewood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 24,000, Pinewood ranks 1,432nd of 1,822 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,430 | Fairview NJ | 15,509 | $64K | 20.8% | 9.4% | 5% | C |
| 1,431 | Mount Vernon OH | 17,287 | $54K | 21.9% | 2.8% | 35% | C |
| 1,432 | Pinewood FL | 18,114 | $59K | 20.5% | 7.2% | 1% | C |
| 1,433 | Goulds FL | 14,425 | $62K | 16.4% | 7.5% | 1% | C |
| 1,434 | Wimauma FL | 15,266 | $68K | 23.6% | 4.1% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,822 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Pinewood, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Pinewood
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pinewood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinewood | – | C | A+ | 31 min | $59,410 |
| West Little River | under 2% | C | A+ | 31 min | $56,436 |
| Westview | under 2% | B− | A | 34 min | $57,563 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pinewood’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 Pinewood: questions
What is the median household income in Pinewood?
$59,410 (±$17,466) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinewood?
20.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinewood?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pinewood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (24%, 6 mi), Miami Beach (6%, 6 mi), Hialeah (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pinewood walkable?
Pinewood is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.1 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pinewood without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. 48% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pinewood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pinewood
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.