Making a living in Sorrento
Only 1% work in Sorrento itself; outside it, Orlando draws the most (14%, 28 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Florida as a whole. A typical one-way commute from Sorrento lasts 22 minutes (Florida 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Sorrento
Stores, warehouses and trucking
62% of the jobs in Sorrento are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Sorrento’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Sorrento is Orlando, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (63) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Sorrento workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 462 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs in Sorrento: what the 335 are
335 jobs are based in Sorrento.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sorrento, 2013 → 2023: 398 → 335. 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 Sorrento’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Sorrento
About 22% 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.
About 22 minutes each way for Sorrento’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sorrento workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 201 commuters (the 0% 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 daily commute in and out of Sorrento
On a workday 457 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Sorrento on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.73 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 Sorrento’s working residents head each day
Where Sorrento clocks in
14% of workers
4% 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.
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 Sorrento: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sorrento?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sorrento?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sorrento work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (14%, 28 mi), Apopka (4%, 8 mi), Tavares (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sorrento 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 Sorrento, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sorrento
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.