Arthur Milam House · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Sawgrass earn more than those in 89% of U.S. towns
Sawgrass grades A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 7.8% of residents, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. For 26% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Florida.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sawgrass, in a few figures
Sawgrass and Jacksonville trade workers both ways
Jacksonville is the top workplace for Sawgrass residents (41%) and also where the most people who work in Sawgrass come from (37% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Sawgrass are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Sawgrass is services
92% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
A lot of Sawgrass works from home
26% of Sawgrass 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.
Why Sawgrass gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sawgrass is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #71 of 638 in Florida. Household income is its strongest input ($122,500, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sawgrass could be anywhere from B− to A+.
41% of working residents work in Jacksonville
Where Sawgrass clocks in
41% 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sawgrass workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,500 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Sawgrass
1,236 jobs are based in Sawgrass.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sawgrass, 2013 → 2023: 926 → 1,236. 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 Sawgrass’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Sawgrass by day
On a workday 1,961 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 1,134 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Sawgrass on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
Where in the region Sawgrass works
About 24% 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.
Most of Sawgrass commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sawgrass is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #429 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Sawgrass 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 2,037 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 7.7% of Sawgrass households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sawgrass’ commuters take a bus or train.
666th of 3,692: where Sawgrass ranks among U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700
| # | 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+ |
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| 53 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
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| 139 | Vineyards FL | 3,849 | $131K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 200 | Highland Beach FL | 4,328 | $145K | 2.3% | 3.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 664 | Morgan UT | 4,580 | $116K | 1.4% | 3.1% | 18% | A− |
| 665 | Lower Alsace Township PA | 4,886 | $76K | 5.8% | 2.2% | 2% | A− |
| 666 | Sawgrass FL | 4,929 | $123K | 7.8% | 3.2% | 5% | A− |
| 667 | Union Beach NJ | 5,708 | $119K | 3.0% | 7.1% | 4% | A− |
| 668 | Pin Oak Township IL | 4,533 | $169K | 1.9% | 6.4% | 3% | 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 Sawgrass, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
12% of Sawgrass works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sawgrass workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sawgrass | – | A− | B− | 20 min | $122,500 |
| Palm Valley | 12% | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $116,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Palm Valley. Darker towns draw more of Sawgrass’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 Sawgrass: questions
What is the median household income in Sawgrass?
$122,500 (±$31,119) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sawgrass?
7.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sawgrass?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sawgrass work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (41%, 20 mi), Palm Valley (12%, 2 mi), Jacksonville Beach (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sawgrass walkable?
Sawgrass is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sawgrass without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sawgrass, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sawgrass
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.