Work & commute · Bartow

Work & commute in Bartow, FL

About one in 5 of Bartow’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lakeland (16%), Winter Haven (5%) and Orlando (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

1,816 of 9,047 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,231 Bartow residents head out of town to work, 1,816 work right here, and 26,909 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bartow.

7,231live here, work elsewhere

1,816live and work here

26,909work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bartow goes to work

Bartow (in town)right here

20%1,816

Lakeland14.2 mi away

16%1,412

Winter Haven12.2 mi away

5%463

Orlando50.6 mi away

3%305

Tampa40.2 mi away

3%247

Plant City20.1 mi away

2%153

Auburndale15.5 mi away

1%97

Haines City20 mi away

1%95

Mulberry10.2 mi away

1%93

Brandon29.3 mi away

1%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%4,279

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

How far

How far Bartow commutes

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

32%

30%

17%

22%

32%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bartow is a job hub

3.18jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bartow are

28,725 jobs are based in Bartow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bartow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bartow

28,725 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Bartow residents hold

9,047 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

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Jobs based in Bartow, 2013 → 2023: 28,723 → 28,725. 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.