Work & commute · Apollo Beach

Work & commute in Apollo Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Apollo Beach for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (26%), East Lake-Orient Park (5%) and St. Petersburg (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

655 of 13,510 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,855 Apollo Beach residents head out of town to work, 655 work right here, and 4,882 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Apollo Beach.

12,855live here, work elsewhere

655live and work here

4,882work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Apollo Beach goes to work

Tampa14.9 mi away

26%3,537

East Lake-Orient Park16.8 mi away

5%664

Apollo Beach (in town)right here

5%655

St. Petersburg15 mi away

5%627

Brandon13.5 mi away

4%574

Riverview6.9 mi away

3%418

Ruskin4.1 mi away

2%279

Lakeland33.9 mi away

2%266

Palm River-Clair Mel11.2 mi away

2%252

Town 'n' Country20.2 mi away

2%226

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%6,012

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Apollo Beach commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

15%

57%

12%

16%

15%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Apollo Beach is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.41 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Apollo Beach are

5,537 jobs are based in Apollo Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Apollo Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Apollo Beach

5,537 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Apollo Beach residents hold

13,510 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+97%

Jobs based in Apollo Beach, 2013 → 2023: 2,804 → 5,537. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.