With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Wedgefield works elsewhere
596 jobs are based in Wedgefield; 3,906 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Wedgefield are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Wedgefield, in brief
Wedgefield makes and builds things
55% of the jobs based in Wedgefield are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wedgefield residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Wedgefield is a place people come home to
There are 596 jobs based in Wedgefield, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wedgefield has about 5,500 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Wedgefield
28% of Wedgefield workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Wedgefield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
28% of Wedgefield works in Orlando
1,096 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Orlando, 15 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Wedgefield itself. The commute map ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Wedgefield’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wedgefield is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #40 of 638 in Florida. Household income is its strongest input ($120,156, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wedgefield could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Goods, not services: 55% of the jobs in Wedgefield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wedgefield, 2013 → 2023: 208 → 596. 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 Wedgefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Wedgefield
On a workday 3,787 residents head out to work, 119 work right here, and 477 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,500 people are in Wedgefield on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The daily trip from Wedgefield: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wedgefield workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,010 commuters (the 28% 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.
28% of working residents work in Orlando
Where Wedgefield clocks in
28% 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 Wedgefield’s workers travel
About 17% 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.
Driving is how Wedgefield gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wedgefield is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #605 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Wedgefield 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 4,199 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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 Wedgefield households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wedgefield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wedgefield places 481st of 2,878 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 6,200 to 11,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 341 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 479 | Saline Township IL | 6,859 | $106K | 3.8% | 2.7% | 11% | A |
| 480 | Douglass Township PA | 11,292 | $118K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 5% | A |
| 481 | Wedgefield FL | 8,851 | $120K | 6.0% | 2.5% | 3% | A |
| 482 | Fort Belvoir VA | 8,449 | $104K | 2.9% | 4.5% | 3% | A |
| 483 | Lebanon CT | 7,142 | $109K | 4.1% | 2.7% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Wedgefield, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Wedgefield
The biggest share goes to Alafaya (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wedgefield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedgefield | – | A | C− | 35 min | $120,156 |
| Alafaya | 3% | B+ | B− | 31 min | $100,950 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wedgefield’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 Wedgefield: questions
What is the median household income in Wedgefield?
$120,156 (±$14,775) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wedgefield?
6.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wedgefield?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wedgefield work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (28%, 15 mi), University (5%, 10 mi), Alafaya (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wedgefield walkable?
Wedgefield is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wedgefield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wedgefield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wedgefield
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.