James Laughlin House · Photo: PanzerMan1002 · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Zellwood (0.9%) is lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 22 minutes each way, next to 28 for Florida and 26 for the U.S. For jobs and income Zellwood is better than 83% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (D). Only 1% work in Zellwood itself; outside it, Orlando draws the most (16%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Zellwood at work: what stands out
Zellwood’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Zellwood is Orlando, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (222) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Zellwood 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 ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in Zellwood are in trade, transport and utilities, against 16% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Zellwood’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Zellwood’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($70,278, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Zellwood could be anywhere from B to A.
Where in the region Zellwood works
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting to work from Zellwood takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Zellwood workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,282 commuters (the 11% 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.
Goods, not services: 31% of the jobs in Zellwood
622 jobs are based in Zellwood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Zellwood, 2014 → 2024: 794 → 622. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Zellwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Zellwood: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,397 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 607 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Zellwood on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.44 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Zellwood goes to work
Where Zellwood clocks in
16% of workers
5% 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.
In Zellwood, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,447 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, <1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% 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). 3.8% of Zellwood households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Zellwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400, Zellwood comes 668th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 666 | Norvell Township MI | 2,822 | $99K | 4.9% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 667 | Clinton NY | 4,082 | $126K | 5.8% | 2.0% | 6% | A− |
| 668 | Zellwood FL | 3,228 | $70K | 3.7% | 0.9% | 1% | A− |
| 669 | Buckingham FL | 4,311 | $113K | 8.7% | 1.9% | 4% | A− |
| 670 | Four Bridges OH | 3,417 | $122K | 7.1% | 4.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Zellwood, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns around Zellwood
The biggest share goes to Apopka (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Zellwood’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 2024, 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 Zellwood: questions
What is the median household income in Zellwood?
$70,278 (±$17,716) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Zellwood?
3.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Zellwood?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Zellwood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (16%, 23 mi), Apopka (5%, 3 mi), Altamonte Springs (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Zellwood walkable?
Zellwood is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Zellwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. <1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Zellwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Zellwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.