Work & commute · Bradenton

Work & commute in Bradenton, FL

Most working residents leave Bradenton for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (7%), South Bradenton (3%) and Tampa (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

4,193 of 22,622 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,429 Bradenton residents head out of town to work, 4,193 work right here, and 30,996 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bradenton.

18,429live here, work elsewhere

4,193live and work here

30,996work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bradenton goes to work

Bradenton (in town)right here

19%4,193

Sarasota10.7 mi away

7%1,490

South Bradenton2.1 mi away

3%780

Tampa33.6 mi away

3%713

Lakewood Ranch12.5 mi away

3%642

St. Petersburg19.4 mi away

2%441

Fruitville13 mi away

2%399

Palmetto2.4 mi away

2%381

Holmes Beach8.6 mi away

1%291

Orlando102.3 mi away

1%231

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%13,061

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

How far

How far Bradenton commutes

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

49%

18%

13%

20%

49%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bradenton is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bradenton are

35,189 jobs are based in Bradenton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bradenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bradenton

35,189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Bradenton residents hold

22,622 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+25%

Jobs based in Bradenton, 2013 → 2023: 28,153 → 35,189. 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.