Work & commute · Fish Hawk

Work & commute in Fish Hawk, FL

Most working residents leave Fish Hawk for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (26%), Brandon (7%) and East Lake-Orient Park (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

416 of 10,633 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,217 Fish Hawk residents head out of town to work, 416 work right here, and 3,372 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fish Hawk.

10,217live here, work elsewhere

416live and work here

3,372work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fish Hawk goes to work

Tampa17.8 mi away

26%2,778

Brandon7.9 mi away

7%730

East Lake-Orient Park14.1 mi away

6%682

Fish Hawk (in town)right here

4%416

Lakeland21.3 mi away

4%373

St. Petersburg27 mi away

3%329

Riverview6.2 mi away

3%293

Plant City13 mi away

2%183

Town 'n' Country24.7 mi away

2%173

Orlando69.4 mi away

1%146

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%4,530

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

How far

How far Fish Hawk commutes

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

16%

50%

16%

18%

16%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fish Hawk is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fish Hawk are

3,788 jobs are based in Fish Hawk. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fish Hawk’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fish Hawk

3,788 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Fish Hawk residents hold

10,633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+163%

Jobs based in Fish Hawk, 2013 → 2023: 1,439 → 3,788. 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.