Vamo has higher household incomes than 66% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami. Poverty touches 2.0% of residents (Florida 12.6%). Jobs and income earn Vamo A; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Vamo in brief
Vamo’s workforce skews older
40% of Vamo’s working residents are 55 or older. That’s about two in five. The jobs ↓
Vamo has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Vamo went from 633 in 2013 to 916 in 2023, +45%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Vamo
61% of Vamo residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Vamo pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. 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; with 896 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Vamo’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Vamo is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #38 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($88,025, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Vamo’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Vamo could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Jobs in Vamo: what the 916 are
916 jobs are based in Vamo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vamo, 2013 → 2023: 633 → 916. 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 Vamo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Vamo
On a workday 857 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 877 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).
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 Sarasota
Where Vamo clocks in
15% 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.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vamo workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 714 commuters (the 21% 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.
Vamo’s commute, mile by mile
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Vamo
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vamo is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #178 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Vamo 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 902 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 37% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 3% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% 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). 16.7% of Vamo households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Vamo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Vamo places 410th of 4,618 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 408 | Mount Pleasant Township PA | 3,351 | $94K | 5.5% | 1.2% | 8% | A |
| 409 | Mission Canyon CA | 2,357 | $208K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 2% | A |
| 410 | Vamo FL | 2,936 | $88K | 2.0% | 5.0% | 4% | A |
| 411 | Swepsonville NC | 2,632 | $101K | 4.1% | 2.2% | 3% | A |
| 412 | Owen Township IL | 3,601 | $95K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Vamo, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Vamo
The biggest share goes to Osprey (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Vamo’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 Vamo: questions
What is the median household income in Vamo?
$88,025 (±$18,758) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vamo?
2.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vamo?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vamo work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sarasota (15%, 9 mi), South Sarasota (3%, 5 mi), Osprey (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vamo walkable?
Vamo is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vamo without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. 3% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vamo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vamo
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.