Work & commute · Fruitville

Work & commute in Fruitville, FL

Most working residents leave Fruitville for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (20%), South Sarasota (4%) and Lakewood Ranch (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

677 of 7,126 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,449 Fruitville residents head out of town to work, 677 work right here, and 17,206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fruitville.

6,449live here, work elsewhere

677live and work here

17,206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fruitville goes to work

Sarasota5.2 mi away

20%1,459

Fruitville (in town)right here

10%677

South Sarasota5.9 mi away

4%265

Lakewood Ranch7.7 mi away

3%246

Bradenton13 mi away

3%195

Tampa43.9 mi away

2%160

Bee Ridge3.5 mi away

2%140

Venice15.2 mi away

2%119

St. Petersburg31.9 mi away

1%79

Sarasota Springs1.9 mi away

1%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%3,710

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

How far

How far Fruitville commutes

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

62%

11%

18%

62%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fruitville is a job hub

2.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fruitville are

17,883 jobs are based in Fruitville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fruitville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fruitville

17,883 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Fruitville residents hold

7,126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+63%

Jobs based in Fruitville, 2013 → 2023: 10,982 → 17,883. 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.