Work & commute · Beacon Square

Work & commute in Beacon Square, FL

Most working residents leave Beacon Square for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (7%), Clearwater (5%) and Palm Harbor (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 3,344 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 3,299 Beacon Square residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 657 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beacon Square.

3,299live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

657work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beacon Square goes to work

Tampa23.8 mi away

7%248

Clearwater16.1 mi away

5%182

Palm Harbor8.7 mi away

4%132

Tarpon Springs4.6 mi away

4%130

Largo21 mi away

4%119

New Port Richey3.2 mi away

3%113

St. Petersburg31.6 mi away

3%110

Pinellas Park24.5 mi away

2%81

Elfers1.8 mi away

2%61

Holiday1.8 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%2,110

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

How far

How far Beacon Square commutes

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

27%

36%

14%

23%

27%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beacon Square is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beacon Square are

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

Jobs based in Beacon Square

702 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Beacon Square residents hold

3,344 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+3%

Jobs based in Beacon Square, 2013 → 2023: 682 → 702. 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.