Work & commute · Clearwater

Work & commute in Clearwater, FL

About one in 5 of Clearwater’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Largo (10%), Tampa (10%) and St. Petersburg (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

10,178 of 50,272 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 40,094 Clearwater residents head out of town to work, 10,178 work right here, and 56,327 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clearwater.

40,094live here, work elsewhere

10,178live and work here

56,327work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clearwater goes to work

Clearwater (in town)right here

20%10,178

Largo5 mi away

10%4,868

Tampa18.1 mi away

10%4,791

St. Petersburg16.8 mi away

7%3,665

Pinellas Park9.2 mi away

5%2,536

Dunedin4.3 mi away

3%1,546

Safety Harbor4.9 mi away

2%982

Palm Harbor7.3 mi away

2%945

Town 'n' Country12 mi away

2%934

Oldsmar7.7 mi away

1%696

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%19,131

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

How far

How far Clearwater commutes

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

53%

26%

16%

53%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clearwater is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clearwater are

66,505 jobs are based in Clearwater. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clearwater’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clearwater

66,505 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Clearwater residents hold

50,272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+22%

Jobs based in Clearwater, 2013 → 2023: 54,679 → 66,505. 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.