Work & commute · Ellenton

Work & commute in Ellenton, FL

Most working residents leave Ellenton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Bradenton (14%), Sarasota (7%) and St. Petersburg (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

148 of 2,229 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 2,081 Ellenton residents head out of town to work, 148 work right here, and 2,898 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellenton.

2,081live here, work elsewhere

148live and work here

2,898work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellenton goes to work

Bradenton3.9 mi away

14%316

Sarasota13 mi away

7%157

Ellenton (in town)right here

7%148

St. Petersburg18 mi away

6%129

Tampa30.7 mi away

5%122

Lakewood Ranch11.1 mi away

4%82

Palmetto3 mi away

2%55

South Bradenton5.7 mi away

2%54

Fruitville13.9 mi away

2%44

Pinellas Park25.6 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,093

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

How far

How far Ellenton commutes

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

43%

26%

17%

14%

43%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellenton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellenton are

3,046 jobs are based in Ellenton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ellenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ellenton

3,046 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Ellenton residents hold

2,229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+240%

Jobs based in Ellenton, 2013 → 2023: 896 → 3,046. 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.