More people are out of work in Southeast Arcadia (12.4%) than in 98% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 74% of U.S. towns. Southeast Arcadia grades D for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Florida as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Southeast Arcadia: the gist
Southeast Arcadia makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Southeast Arcadia are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Southeast Arcadia residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Few Southeast Arcadia 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 ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
Fewer than half of Southeast Arcadia workers earn over $40,000 a year
43% of Southeast Arcadia’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 15% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Southeast Arcadia are held by workers 29 or younger, against 28% of Southeast Arcadia’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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.
The four measures behind Southeast Arcadia’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Southeast Arcadia is better than 6% of U.S. towns, #622 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Southeast Arcadia’s grade up ($60,169, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Southeast Arcadia could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Southeast Arcadia works in goods: 53% of its jobs
1,006 jobs are based in Southeast Arcadia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Southeast Arcadia, 2013 → 2023: 296 → 1,006. 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 Southeast Arcadia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Southeast Arcadia, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Southeast Arcadia workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,322 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.
How far Southeast Arcadia goes to work
About 38% 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.
In and out of Southeast Arcadia on a workday
On a workday 2,165 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 940 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,300 people are in Southeast Arcadia on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.45 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.
15% of working residents work in Arcadia
Where Southeast Arcadia clocks in
15% of workers
2% 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.
Most of Southeast Arcadia commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Southeast Arcadia is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #440 of 638 in Florida. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,322 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.0% of Southeast Arcadia households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Southeast Arcadia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Southeast Arcadia and other U.S. towns of 5,300 to 10,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 181 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 336 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,974 | Anadarko OK | 5,448 | $43K | 24.5% | 6.2% | 32% | D |
| 2,975 | Clarkston WA | 7,189 | $54K | 20.7% | 9.6% | 22% | D |
| 2,976 | Southeast Arcadia FL | 7,555 | $60K | 26.4% | 12.4% | 3% | D |
| 2,977 | Tuskegee AL | 8,644 | $38K | 29.0% | 10.8% | 24% | D |
| 2,978 | Eunice LA | 9,035 | $35K | 33.2% | 8.6% | 27% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,071 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Southeast Arcadia, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
15% of Southeast Arcadia works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Southeast Arcadia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Arcadia | – | D | B− | 29 min | $60,169 |
| Arcadia | 15% | D | B+ | 27 min | $39,677 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Arcadia. Darker towns draw more of Southeast Arcadia’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 Southeast Arcadia: questions
What is the median household income in Southeast Arcadia?
$60,169 (±$7,932) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Southeast Arcadia?
26.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Southeast Arcadia?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Southeast Arcadia work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arcadia (15%, 2 mi), Port Charlotte (4%, 21 mi), Venice (2%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Southeast Arcadia walkable?
Southeast Arcadia is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Southeast Arcadia without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Southeast Arcadia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Southeast Arcadia
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.