Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Winter Park draws 32,097 commuters a day, with 2.6 jobs for every working resident
Winter Park grades A− for jobs and income and A for walkability. Employers in Winter Park report 33,682 jobs for 12,871 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Winter Park
Winter Park is where the jobs are
Winter Park has 33,682 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 51,000 people are in town, 68% more than the 30,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Winter Park draws workers from far and wide
The 33,682 jobs in Winter Park are filled from a wide area. Winter Park’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 24%; the other 71% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Winter Park works from home
30% of Winter Park workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Winter Park works one town over
33% of working residents work in a town that borders Winter Park: Orlando (29%) and Maitland (4%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Winter Park are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. 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.
What’s behind Winter Park’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Winter Park is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #129 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Winter Park’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Winter Park could be anywhere from B to A.
Winter Park on a workday afternoon
On a workday 11,286 residents head out to work and 1,585 work right here.
About 51,000 people are in Winter Park on a workday afternoon, 68% more 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 into Winter Park
Where Winter Park clocks in
29% of workers
4% 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 for Winter Park’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winter Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,519 commuters (the 30% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Winter Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winter Park, 2013 → 2023: 26,291 → 33,682. 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 Winter Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Winter Park
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.
Winter Park is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Winter Park is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns, #114 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,608 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 74% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 25% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% 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). 7.4% of Winter Park households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Winter Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Winter Park ranks: 566th of 1,415 U.S. towns of 21,000 to 41,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 90 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Palmetto Bay FL | 24,886 | $142K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 564 | Plainfield IN | 38,574 | $87K | 8.1% | 3.6% | 17% | A− |
| 565 | Battle Ground WA | 23,513 | $105K | 5.9% | 3.7% | 8% | A− |
| 566 | Winter Park FL | 30,444 | $106K | 9.3% | 4.5% | 12% | A− |
| 567 | Angleton TX | 21,295 | $87K | 10.4% | 1.7% | 8% | A− |
| 568 | Dartmouth MA | 34,367 | $100K | 6.3% | 4.3% | 17% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,415 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Winter Park, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
33% of Winter Park works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Orlando (29%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winter Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Park | – | A− | A | 22 min | $105,724 |
| Fairview Shores | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 27 min | $62,414 |
| Maitland | 4% | B+ | B | 23 min | $97,150 |
| Orlando | 29% | B− | A | 26 min | $72,336 |
| Eatonville | under 2% | C− | A+ | 25 min | $32,768 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winter Park’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 Winter Park: questions
What is the median household income in Winter Park?
$105,724 (±$9,629) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winter Park?
9.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winter Park?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winter Park work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (29%, 9 mi), Maitland (4%, 3 mi), University (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winter Park walkable?
Winter Park is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winter Park without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 25% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winter Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winter Park
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.