Tangelo Park has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Tangelo Park B; getting around on foot earns it A. Tangelo Park has 112 jobs for 1,367 working residents. 5% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Tangelo Park, in brief
Tangelo Park is a place people come home to
There are 112 jobs based in Tangelo Park, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tangelo Park has about 1,100 people in it, 52% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Tangelo Park’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 32 minutes, longer than the Florida average of 28. Time on the road ↓
Tangelo Park and Orlando trade workers both ways
Orlando is the top workplace for Tangelo Park residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Tangelo Park come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Tangelo Park residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
A young workforce
32% of Tangelo Park’s working residents are 29 or younger. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Tangelo Park
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tangelo Park is better than 64% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Tangelo Park’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($68,076, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tangelo Park could be anywhere from C to A+.
Tangelo Park on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,367 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Tangelo Park on a workday afternoon, 52% 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 2023, primary jobs.
How long Tangelo Park spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tangelo Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,228 commuters (the 5% 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.
32% of working residents work in Orlando
Where Tangelo Park clocks in
32% of workers
6% 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.
How far Tangelo Park goes to work
About 16% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tangelo Park, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 112. 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 Tangelo Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Tangelo Park is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,294 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, 54% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 18.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% 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). 0.0% of Tangelo Park households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Tangelo Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tangelo Park places 1,489th of 4,995 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,487 | Marysville Township MN | 2,083 | $98K | 16.8% | 2.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,488 | New Jasper Township OH | 2,710 | $107K | 3.7% | 8.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,489 | Tangelo Park FL | 2,404 | $68K | 8.9% | 4.3% | 0% | B |
| 1,490 | Brazoria TX | 2,882 | $80K | 11.8% | 0.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,491 | Arcola TX | 2,499 | $75K | 13.0% | 11.2% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Tangelo Park, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
32% of Tangelo Park works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tangelo Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tangelo Park | – | B | A | 32 min | $68,076 |
| Orlando | 32% | B− | A | 26 min | $72,336 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Orlando. Darker towns draw more of Tangelo Park’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 Tangelo Park: questions
What is the median household income in Tangelo Park?
$68,076 (±$17,968) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tangelo Park?
8.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tangelo Park?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tangelo Park work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (32%, 8 mi), Lake Buena Vista (6%, 7 mi), Celebration (2%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tangelo Park walkable?
Tangelo Park is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tangelo Park without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 54% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tangelo Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tangelo Park
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.