Work & commute · Desoto Lakes

Work & commute in Desoto Lakes, FL

Most working residents leave Desoto Lakes for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (22%), Fruitville (4%) and Lakewood Ranch (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 1,011 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 995 Desoto Lakes residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 437 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Desoto Lakes.

995live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

437work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Desoto Lakes goes to work

Sarasota4 mi away

22%222

Fruitville4.1 mi away

4%42

Lakewood Ranch7.5 mi away

4%41

Bradenton8.9 mi away

4%36

South Sarasota7.1 mi away

3%26

Bee Ridge6.8 mi away

2%21

Tampa40.6 mi away

2%17

Desoto Lakes (in town)right here

2%16

South Bradenton7.6 mi away

1%13

Venice18.9 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%565

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

How far

How far Desoto Lakes commutes

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

66%

10%

17%

66%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Desoto Lakes is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Desoto Lakes are

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

Jobs based in Desoto Lakes

453 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Desoto Lakes residents hold

1,011 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+1158%

Jobs based in Desoto Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 453. 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.