For more than half of its working residents, Stock Island is a commute to Key West
8% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%). Stock Island grades B− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stock Island at work: what stands out
Commutes from Stock Island are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
More than half of Stock Island works in Key West
1,521 working residents, 55%, have their main job in Key West, 2.2 miles away across the town line. That’s 6 times as many as work in Stock Island itself. The commute map ↓
Most Stock Island residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Stock Island empties out on a workday
About 2,500 people are in Stock Island on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than the 4,200 who live here: 2,500 head out to work and 890 come in. Day and night ↓
Stock Island has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Stock Island went from 793 in 2014 to 1,142 in 2024, +44%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Stock Island earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stock Island is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #357 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Stock Island’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stock Island could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The daily trip from Stock Island: about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stock Island workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,259 commuters (the 8% 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.
Where the trip to work from Stock Island ends
Where Stock Island clocks in
55% of workers
2% of workers
1% 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.
How far it is to work from Stock Island
About 29% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How many people are in Stock Island by day
On a workday 2,514 residents head out to work, 251 work right here, and 891 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Stock Island on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.41 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 2024, primary jobs.
What the 1,142 jobs in Stock Island are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stock Island, 2014 → 2024: 793 → 1,142. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stock Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Stock Island
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stock Island is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #8 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Stock Island 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 2,448 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 83% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 12.8% of Stock Island households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stock Island’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,208th of 4,112: where Stock Island ranks among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,206 | Milford Township IN | 2,992 | $91K | 8.5% | 5.0% | 7% | B− |
| 2,207 | Brown Township PA | 4,187 | $80K | 16.9% | 1.8% | 8% | B− |
| 2,208 | Stock Island FL | 4,162 | $66K | 11.5% | 1.8% | 9% | B− |
| 2,209 | Edgewater CO | 4,870 | $77K | 15.2% | 6.5% | 2% | B− |
| 2,210 | West Point GA | 3,661 | $57K | 12.7% | 0.5% | 17% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Stock Island, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work next door: 55% of Stock Island’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stock Island workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock Island | – | B− | A+ | 13 min | $65,515 |
| Key West | 55% | B | A+ | 15 min | $87,037 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Key West. Darker towns draw more of Stock Island’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 2024, 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 Stock Island: questions
What is the median household income in Stock Island?
$65,515 (±$24,578) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stock Island?
11.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stock Island?
13 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stock Island work?
9% work in town.
Is Stock Island walkable?
Stock Island is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.6 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stock Island without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 83% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stock Island, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stock Island
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.