Work & commute · Balm

Work & commute in Balm, FL

Most working residents leave Balm for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (22%), East Lake-Orient Park (5%) and Brandon (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 3,007 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,996 Balm residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Balm.

2,996live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Balm goes to work

Tampa18.7 mi away

22%671

East Lake-Orient Park18 mi away

5%139

Brandon12.6 mi away

4%117

St. Petersburg21.8 mi away

4%107

Riverview5.3 mi away

3%97

Sun City Center4.9 mi away

2%73

Bradenton25.3 mi away

2%69

Lakeland29.2 mi away

2%65

Ruskin8.7 mi away

2%60

Orlando77.1 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,554

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

How far

How far Balm commutes

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

14%

50%

17%

19%

14%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Balm is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Balm are

163 jobs are based in Balm. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Balm’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Balm

163 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Balm residents hold

3,007 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−6%

Jobs based in Balm, 2013 → 2023: 174 → 163. 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.