Work & commute · East Lake

Work & commute in East Lake, FL

Most working residents leave East Lake for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (11%), Clearwater (10%) and Largo (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

721 of 13,712 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,991 East Lake residents head out of town to work, 721 work right here, and 5,392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Lake.

12,991live here, work elsewhere

721live and work here

5,392work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Lake goes to work

Tampa16.9 mi away

11%1,561

Clearwater11.1 mi away

10%1,407

Largo15.7 mi away

8%1,092

East Lake (in town)right here

5%721

St. Petersburg25 mi away

5%664

Palm Harbor5 mi away

4%570

Oldsmar5.3 mi away

3%464

Safety Harbor8 mi away

3%405

Pinellas Park18.3 mi away

3%398

Dunedin8.7 mi away

3%351

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%6,079

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

How far

How far East Lake commutes

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

35%

45%

16%

35%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Lake 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 East Lake are

6,113 jobs are based in East Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Lake

6,113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs East Lake residents hold

13,712 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+44%

Jobs based in East Lake, 2013 → 2023: 4,256 → 6,113. 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.