Work & commute · Gulfport

Work & commute in Gulfport, FL

Most working residents leave Gulfport for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are St. Petersburg (24%), Tampa (9%) and Largo (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

340 of 4,710 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,370 Gulfport residents head out of town to work, 340 work right here, and 1,487 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gulfport.

4,370live here, work elsewhere

340live and work here

1,487work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gulfport goes to work

St. Petersburg4.1 mi away

24%1,112

Tampa21 mi away

9%417

Gulfport (in town)right here

7%340

Largo11.8 mi away

7%308

Pinellas Park7.8 mi away

4%205

Clearwater16.5 mi away

4%166

St. Pete Beach2.7 mi away

3%131

South Pasadena1.9 mi away

1%69

Orlando98.3 mi away

1%58

Lealman5.3 mi away

1%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,846

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

How far

How far Gulfport commutes

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

47%

27%

18%

47%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gulfport is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gulfport are

1,827 jobs are based in Gulfport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gulfport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gulfport

1,827 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Gulfport residents hold

4,710 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+32%

Jobs based in Gulfport, 2013 → 2023: 1,379 → 1,827. 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.