Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs and the daily commute in Steinhatchee
Working from home is the commute for 30% of workers, next to 16% for Florida as a whole. About one in ten work in Steinhatchee itself; outside it, Perry draws the most (16%, 32 miles). Commuters spend 43 minutes getting to work on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Steinhatchee
A big share show a job far from home
50% 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 ↓
Steinhatchee’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Steinhatchee is Perry, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (49) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Steinhatchee workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 115 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; with 312 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Steinhatchee goes to work
About 50% 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 43 minutes to work from Steinhatchee
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Steinhatchee workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 201 commuters (the 30% 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.
Steinhatchee on a workday afternoon
On a workday 285 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Steinhatchee on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.64 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 Steinhatchee’s working residents head each day
Where Steinhatchee clocks in
16% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Steinhatchee
200 jobs are based in Steinhatchee.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Steinhatchee, 2013 → 2023: 202 → 200. 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 Steinhatchee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Steinhatchee: questions
What is the median household income in Steinhatchee?
$50,000 (±$10,714) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Steinhatchee?
11.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Steinhatchee?
43 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Steinhatchee work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Perry (16%, 32 mi), Tallahassee (6%, 74 mi), Jacksonville (3%, 112 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Steinhatchee without a car?
0% 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 Steinhatchee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Steinhatchee
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.