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Work & commute · Gulf Gate

Work & commute in Gulf Gate, FL

Most working residents leave Gulf Gate for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (17%), South Sarasota (5%) and Fruitville (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
145 of 2,790 working residents
Typical commute
7 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,645 Gulf Gate residents head out of town to work, 145 work right here, and 2,661 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gulf Gate.

2,645live here, work elsewhere
145live and work here
2,661work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Gulf Gate goes to work

BradentonVeniceSarasotaNorth PortTampaRidge Wood HeightsSouth SarasotaGulf GateSiesta KeySarasota SpringsBee RidgeFruitvillePalmer RanchLakewood RanchSarasotaSouth SarasotaFruitvilleBee RidgeLakewood RanchTampaVeniceSiesta KeyNorth PortGulf Gate
1
Sarasota6 mi away
17%485
2
Gulf Gate (in town)right here
5%145
3
South Sarasota2.5 mi away
5%132
4
Fruitville6 mi away
4%107
5
Bee Ridge2.8 mi away
3%85
6
Lakewood Ranch13.6 mi away
3%74
7
Tampa49.1 mi away
2%66
8
Venice11.3 mi away
2%65
9
Siesta Key3 mi away
2%46
10
North Port23.5 mi away
1%24
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%1,561

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

How far

How far Gulf Gate commutes

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

57%Under 10 mi
11%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Gulf Gate is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gulf Gate are

2,806 jobs are based in Gulf Gate. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gulf Gate’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gulf Gate

2,806 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities28%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Gulf Gate residents hold

2,790 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+9%

Jobs based in Gulf Gate, 2013 → 2023: 2,563 → 2,806. 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.

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