Work & commute · Desoto Acres

Work & commute in Desoto Acres, FL

Most working residents leave Desoto Acres for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (15%), Bradenton (5%) and Fruitville (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 277 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 274 Desoto Acres residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Desoto Acres.

274live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Desoto Acres goes to work

Sarasota3.4 mi away

15%42

Bradenton8.2 mi away

5%13

Fruitville5 mi away

3%9

Lakewood Ranch8.5 mi away

3%8

South Sarasota7 mi away

3%7

Tampa40.5 mi away

2%6

Bee Ridge7.3 mi away

2%5

Jacksonville210.5 mi away

1%4

West Palm Beach153.6 mi away

1%4

Southgate5.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%175

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

How far

How far Desoto Acres commutes

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

61%

12%

21%

61%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Desoto Acres is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Desoto Acres are

324 jobs are based in Desoto Acres. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Desoto Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Desoto Acres

324 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Desoto Acres residents hold

277 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+3%

Jobs based in Desoto Acres, 2013 → 2023: 314 → 324. 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.