Work & commute · Gibsonton

Work & commute in Gibsonton, FL

Most working residents leave Gibsonton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (25%), East Lake-Orient Park (6%) and Brandon (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

278 of 8,770 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 8,492 Gibsonton residents head out of town to work, 278 work right here, and 3,279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gibsonton.

8,492live here, work elsewhere

278live and work here

3,279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gibsonton goes to work

Tampa11.4 mi away

25%2,193

East Lake-Orient Park12.4 mi away

6%498

Brandon9 mi away

5%464

Riverview4 mi away

5%443

Gibsonton (in town)right here

3%278

St. Petersburg16.9 mi away

3%270

Lakeland30.4 mi away

2%194

Town 'n' Country17.6 mi away

2%175

Palm River-Clair Mel6.8 mi away

2%174

Orlando78.3 mi away

2%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%3,939

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

How far

How far Gibsonton commutes

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

30%

40%

12%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gibsonton is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gibsonton are

3,557 jobs are based in Gibsonton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gibsonton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gibsonton

3,557 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Gibsonton residents hold

8,770 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+170%

Jobs based in Gibsonton, 2013 → 2023: 1,315 → 3,557. 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.