Photo: Aeotas · CC BY-SA 4.0About half of Waldo’s working residents commute to Gainesville
A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 6% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%). Only 1% work in Waldo itself; outside it, Gainesville draws the most (48%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Waldo at work: what stands out
The towns that employ Waldo’s residents
Where Waldo clocks in
48% 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.
In and out of Waldo on a workday
On a workday 317 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Waldo on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.40 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.
What Waldo’s employers do
129 jobs are based in Waldo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waldo, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 129. 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 Waldo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Waldo’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waldo workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 578 commuters (the 6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Waldo
About 23% 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 Waldo: questions
What is the median household income in Waldo?
$29,894 (±$15,877) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waldo?
28.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waldo?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waldo work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Waldo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waldo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waldo
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.