Tallahassee draws more than half of Wacissa’s working residents
Hardly any stay in Wacissa for work; outside it, Tallahassee is the main destination (54%, 16 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all; Florida has 16%. A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, where Florida has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Wacissa
On a workday 153 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Wacissa on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.18 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 Wacissa goes to work
Where Wacissa clocks in
54% of workers
2% 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.
82% of the jobs in Wacissa pay over $3,333 a month
28 jobs are based in Wacissa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wacissa, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 28. 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 Wacissa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wacissa workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 188 commuters (the 0% 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.
The distance from Wacissa to work
About 22% 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.
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 Wacissa: questions
What is the median household income in Wacissa?
$64,534 (±$33,533) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wacissa?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wacissa?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wacissa work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Wacissa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wacissa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wacissa
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.