With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Rio Pinar works elsewhere
There are 793 jobs in Rio Pinar for 2,477 working residents. Jobs and income earn Rio Pinar A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rio Pinar, in a few figures
The better-paid jobs are outside Rio Pinar
62% of Rio Pinar residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Rio Pinar pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
48% of the jobs in Rio Pinar are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Rio Pinar has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Rio Pinar went from 521 in 2013 to 793 in 2023, +52%. The jobs ↓
One in three of Rio Pinar works in Orlando
808 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Orlando, 4.9 miles away. That’s 17 times as many as work in Rio Pinar itself. The commute map ↓
Rio Pinar workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Rio Pinar: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rio Pinar is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #101 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rio Pinar could be anywhere from B− to A+.
The kinds of work in Rio Pinar
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rio Pinar, 2013 → 2023: 521 → 793. 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 Rio Pinar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
33% of working residents work in Orlando
Where Rio Pinar clocks in
33% 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.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Rio Pinar
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rio Pinar workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,037 commuters (the 20% 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.
Rio Pinar quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,427 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 743 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Rio Pinar on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
How many miles Rio Pinar commutes
About 17% 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.
Few in Rio Pinar walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rio Pinar is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns, #544 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 2,554 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 9.5% of Rio Pinar households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rio Pinar’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rio Pinar is 795th of 3,692 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700 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 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Vineyards FL | 3,849 | $131K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 200 | Highland Beach FL | 4,328 | $145K | 2.3% | 3.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 793 | Hampden MA | 4,960 | $105K | 3.8% | 5.0% | 8% | A− |
| 794 | Dickinson Township PA | 5,519 | $105K | 3.3% | 4.3% | 3% | A− |
| 795 | Rio Pinar FL | 4,985 | $100K | 7.8% | 3.9% | 2% | A− |
| 796 | Gibraltar MI | 4,792 | $92K | 3.2% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| 797 | Pleasant Garden NC | 5,165 | $88K | 9.7% | 1.9% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | 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 Rio Pinar, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Rio Pinar: questions
What is the median household income in Rio Pinar?
$99,881 (±$13,783) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rio Pinar?
7.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rio Pinar?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rio Pinar work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (33%, 5 mi), University (4%, 6 mi), Alafaya (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rio Pinar walkable?
Rio Pinar is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rio Pinar without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rio Pinar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rio Pinar
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.