Work & commute · Charlotte Harbor

Work & commute in Charlotte Harbor, FL

Most working residents leave Charlotte Harbor for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Port Charlotte (15%), Punta Gorda (7%) and Venice (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 1,179 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,110 Charlotte Harbor residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 3,454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charlotte Harbor.

1,110live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

3,454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charlotte Harbor goes to work

Port Charlotte3.9 mi away

15%178

Punta Gorda4.7 mi away

7%85

Charlotte Harbor (in town)right here

6%69

Venice24.4 mi away

3%41

Fort Myers27.6 mi away

3%40

Cape Coral22.3 mi away

3%32

North Port10.8 mi away

2%29

Tampa74 mi away

2%20

Orlando113.7 mi away

2%19

Fort Lauderdale131.1 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%652

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

How far

How far Charlotte Harbor commutes

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

38%

13%

17%

32%

38%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charlotte Harbor is a job hub

2.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Charlotte Harbor are

3,523 jobs are based in Charlotte Harbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Charlotte Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Charlotte Harbor

3,523 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Charlotte Harbor residents hold

1,179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+4%

Jobs based in Charlotte Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 3,391 → 3,523. 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.