Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 3.0Sugarmill Woods has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
1,216 jobs are based in Sugarmill Woods for 3,032 working residents. Sugarmill Woods grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 4% work in Sugarmill Woods itself; outside it, Inverness draws the most (9%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Sugarmill Woods apart
Sugarmill Woods has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Sugarmill Woods went from 840 in 2014 to 1,216 in 2024, +45%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 ↓
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 Sugarmill Woods earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sugarmill Woods is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #498 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate holds Sugarmill Woods’ grade up (10.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sugarmill Woods could be anywhere from C− to B.
The kinds of work in Sugarmill Woods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sugarmill Woods, 2014 → 2024: 840 → 1,216. 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 Sugarmill Woods’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Sugarmill Woods
About 37% 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.
Sugarmill Woods by day and by night
On a workday 2,908 residents head out to work, 124 work right here, and 1,092 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,000 people are in Sugarmill Woods on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Sugarmill Woods ends
Where Sugarmill Woods clocks in
9% 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.
Commuting from Sugarmill Woods: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sugarmill Woods workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,952 commuters (the 23% 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.
In Sugarmill Woods, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sugarmill Woods is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #600 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Sugarmill Woods 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 2,535 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 3.8% of Sugarmill Woods households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sugarmill Woods’ commuters take a bus or train.
Sugarmill Woods is 1,934th of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 235 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 301 | Asbury Lake FL | 14,458 | $101K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 322 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,932 | Pine Castle FL | 10,371 | $50K | 20.3% | 5.7% | 1% | C |
| 1,933 | Newport KY | 13,998 | $61K | 20.8% | 7.2% | 9% | C |
| 1,934 | Sugarmill Woods FL | 10,782 | $71K | 10.8% | 5.6% | 4% | C |
| 1,935 | Anderson Creek NC | 13,927 | $87K | 14.6% | 7.1% | 4% | C |
| 1,936 | Newton NJ | 8,486 | $76K | 15.1% | 9.9% | 14% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 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 Sugarmill Woods, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Sugarmill Woods and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Homosassa Springs (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sugarmill Woods workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarmill Woods | – | C | C− | 28 min | $71,426 |
| Lecanto | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 30 min | $56,215 |
| Homosassa Springs | 3% | D | C− | 25 min | $48,049 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sugarmill Woods’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 Sugarmill Woods: questions
What is the median household income in Sugarmill Woods?
$71,426 (±$7,774) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sugarmill Woods?
10.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sugarmill Woods?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sugarmill Woods work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Inverness (9%, 12 mi), Spring Hill (6%, 18 mi), Brooksville (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sugarmill Woods walkable?
Sugarmill Woods is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sugarmill Woods without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sugarmill Woods, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sugarmill Woods
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.