Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0At 2.2%, unemployment in Ponce Inlet is lower than in 82% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 2.0 in Deltona. The two grades for Ponce Inlet are A− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For 26% of workers, the job is at home; Florida has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Ponce Inlet
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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 ↓
Ponce Inlet’s workforce skews older
39% of Ponce Inlet’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Ponce Inlet
26% of Ponce Inlet workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. 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 976 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Ponce Inlet gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ponce Inlet is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #105 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Ponce Inlet’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ponce Inlet could be anywhere from B− to A.
How far it is to work from Ponce Inlet
About 36% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Ponce Inlet
636 jobs are based in Ponce Inlet.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ponce Inlet, 2013 → 2023: 584 → 636. 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 Ponce Inlet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, about the FL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ponce Inlet workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 825 commuters (the 26% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Ponce Inlet
On a workday 900 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 560 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Ponce Inlet on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
14% of working residents work in Daytona Beach
Where Ponce Inlet clocks in
14% 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.
In Ponce Inlet, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ponce Inlet is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #172 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,109 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, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 1.9% of Ponce Inlet households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ponce Inlet’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Ponce Inlet is 844th of 4,535 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 842 | Cottrellville Township MI | 3,469 | $92K | 5.0% | 1.1% | 4% | A− |
| 843 | Franklin Township OH | 3,491 | $87K | 8.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A− |
| 844 | Ponce Inlet FL | 3,470 | $102K | 5.9% | 2.2% | 8% | A− |
| 845 | Liberty Township NJ | 2,701 | $120K | 9.9% | 1.0% | 1% | A− |
| 846 | Harmony Township OH | 2,658 | $118K | 8.3% | 1.2% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | 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 Ponce Inlet, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 10% of Ponce Inlet
The biggest share goes to Port Orange (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ponce Inlet workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponce Inlet | – | A− | A− | 28 min | $102,200 |
| New Smyrna Beach | 3% | B− | B | 29 min | $83,865 |
| Port Orange | 7% | B− | B+ | 26 min | $74,426 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ponce Inlet’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 Ponce Inlet: questions
What is the median household income in Ponce Inlet?
$102,200 (±$20,983) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ponce Inlet?
5.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ponce Inlet?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ponce Inlet work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Daytona Beach (14%, 12 mi), Port Orange (7%, 5 mi), DeLand (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ponce Inlet walkable?
Ponce Inlet is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ponce Inlet without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ponce Inlet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ponce Inlet
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.