Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Webster
The trip to work takes 44 minutes on average; Florida averages 28, the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, where Florida as a whole has 16%. Only 2% stay in Webster for work; outside it, Bushnell is the main destination (8%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Webster: the figures worth knowing
Webster workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Webster workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 420 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Time on the road from Webster: about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Webster workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 587 commuters (the 1% 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.
How many people are in Webster by day
On a workday 411 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 255 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Webster on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
Out of Webster to work: where people go
Where Webster clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
What the 264 jobs in Webster are
264 jobs are based in Webster.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Webster, 2013 → 2023: 210 → 264. 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 Webster’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Webster
About 19% 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 Webster: questions
What is the median household income in Webster?
$66,250 (±$40,754) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Webster?
25.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Webster?
44 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Webster work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bushnell (8%, 6 mi), Wildwood (7%, 14 mi), Leesburg (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Webster without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Webster, from the people who make the trip.
More of Webster
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.