Copeland House · Photo: Jamie Hargis · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Ocoee, and the trip to work
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Tennessee as a whole has 13%. Only 1% work in Ocoee; the top destination outside it is Cleveland (37%, 10 miles). Ocoee has 100 jobs, and 87 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Ocoee
On a workday 86 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Ocoee’s working residents head each day
Where Ocoee clocks in
37% of workers
14% 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 Ocoee’s employers do
100 jobs are based in Ocoee.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocoee, 2013 → 2023: 130 → 100. 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 Ocoee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Ocoee
of Ocoee workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 109 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Tennessee: 87% 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 far Ocoee’s workers travel
About 18% 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 Ocoee: questions
What is the median household income in Ocoee?
$181,250 (±$159,053) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ocoee?
10.6%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ocoee work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (37%, 10 mi), Chattanooga (14%, 30 mi), Dalton (3%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ocoee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ocoee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocoee
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.