Photo: SPUI · Public domainScottsmoor has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 37 jobs in Scottsmoor; 272 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Scottsmoor itself; outside it, Titusville draws the most (14%, 14 miles). 7% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Scottsmoor stands out on work
The workday shuffle in and out of Scottsmoor
On a workday 270 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Scottsmoor on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where the trip to work from Scottsmoor ends
Where Scottsmoor clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 30% of jobs based in Scottsmoor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scottsmoor, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 37. 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 Scottsmoor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Scottsmoor: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scottsmoor workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 383 commuters (the 7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Scottsmoor
About 25% 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.
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 Scottsmoor: questions
What is the median household income in Scottsmoor?
$56,779 (±$34,634) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scottsmoor?
22.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scottsmoor?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scottsmoor work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Titusville (14%, 14 mi), Palm Bay (7%, 58 mi), Orlando (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Scottsmoor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scottsmoor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scottsmoor
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.