Work & commute · Bee Ridge

Work & commute in Bee Ridge, FL

Most working residents leave Bee Ridge for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (20%), South Sarasota (5%) and Fruitville (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

222 of 4,005 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,783 Bee Ridge residents head out of town to work, 222 work right here, and 5,431 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bee Ridge.

3,783live here, work elsewhere

222live and work here

5,431work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bee Ridge goes to work

Sarasota5.7 mi away

20%785

Bee Ridge (in town)right here

6%222

South Sarasota3.9 mi away

5%196

Fruitville3.5 mi away

5%181

Lakewood Ranch11 mi away

3%107

Tampa47.2 mi away

3%104

Bradenton15.6 mi away

2%89

Venice12.1 mi away

2%77

Sarasota Springs1.7 mi away

1%55

Gulf Gate2.8 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,145

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

How far

How far Bee Ridge commutes

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

59%

12%

21%

59%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bee Ridge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bee Ridge are

5,653 jobs are based in Bee Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bee Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bee Ridge

5,653 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Bee Ridge residents hold

4,005 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+27%

Jobs based in Bee Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 4,465 → 5,653. 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.