Work & commute · Carrollwood

Work & commute in Carrollwood, FL

Most working residents leave Carrollwood for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (37%), Town 'n' Country (5%) and East Lake-Orient Park (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

785 of 16,179 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,394 Carrollwood residents head out of town to work, 785 work right here, and 11,711 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carrollwood.

15,394live here, work elsewhere

785live and work here

11,711work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carrollwood goes to work

Tampa6.7 mi away

37%5,962

Town 'n' Country5 mi away

5%847

Carrollwood (in town)right here

5%785

East Lake-Orient Park9.9 mi away

3%494

St. Petersburg21.8 mi away

3%422

Egypt Lake-Leto2.9 mi away

2%382

Lake Magdalene2.8 mi away

2%315

Brandon15.7 mi away

2%310

University5.2 mi away

2%301

Orlando78.1 mi away

1%239

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%6,122

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

How far

How far Carrollwood commutes

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

59%

21%

17%

59%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carrollwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carrollwood are

12,496 jobs are based in Carrollwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carrollwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carrollwood

12,496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Carrollwood residents hold

16,179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+8%

Jobs based in Carrollwood, 2013 → 2023: 11,576 → 12,496. 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.