Work & commute · Brandon

Work & commute in Brandon, FL

Most working residents leave Brandon for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (29%), East Lake-Orient Park (8%) and St. Petersburg (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

5,921 of 53,522 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 47,601 Brandon residents head out of town to work, 5,921 work right here, and 45,631 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brandon.

47,601live here, work elsewhere

5,921live and work here

45,631work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brandon goes to work

Tampa10.9 mi away

29%15,522

Brandon (in town)right here

11%5,921

East Lake-Orient Park6.2 mi away

8%4,058

St. Petersburg24.3 mi away

2%1,199

Riverview7.6 mi away

2%1,094

Palm River-Clair Mel5 mi away

2%1,066

Town 'n' Country17.7 mi away

2%1,065

Lakeland22.6 mi away

2%1,016

Orlando70.1 mi away

1%777

University12.7 mi away

1%771

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%21,033

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

How far

How far Brandon commutes

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

39%

35%

17%

39%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brandon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brandon are

51,552 jobs are based in Brandon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brandon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brandon

51,552 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Brandon residents hold

53,522 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+22%

Jobs based in Brandon, 2013 → 2023: 42,382 → 51,552. 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.