Work & commute · Dade

Work & commute in Dade, FL

Most working residents leave Dade for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (13%), Zephyrhills (6%) and Lakeland (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

306 of 3,627 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 3,321 Dade residents head out of town to work, 306 work right here, and 4,256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dade.

3,321live here, work elsewhere

306live and work here

4,256work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dade goes to work

Tampa31.6 mi away

13%455

Dade City (in town)right here

8%306

Zephyrhills7.8 mi away

6%215

Lakeland25.2 mi away

3%112

Wesley Chapel12.6 mi away

3%109

St. Petersburg49.1 mi away

2%73

Town 'n' Country33.2 mi away

2%58

Orlando53.6 mi away

2%57

Brandon29.5 mi away

2%56

East Lake-Orient Park26.2 mi away

1%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%2,133

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

How far

How far Dade commutes

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

23%

21%

37%

19%

23%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dade is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dade are

4,562 jobs are based in Dade. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dade’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dade

4,562 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Dade residents hold

3,627 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+20%

Jobs based in Dade, 2013 → 2023: 3,806 → 4,562. 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.