Work & commute · Kathleen

Work & commute in Kathleen, FL

Most working residents leave Kathleen for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lakeland (30%), Bartow (5%) and Tampa (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 2,931 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,894 Kathleen residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 397 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kathleen.

2,894live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

397work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kathleen goes to work

Lakeland6.7 mi away

30%870

Bartow20.8 mi away

5%159

Tampa28.6 mi away

4%123

Plant City8.6 mi away

4%113

Orlando49.9 mi away

2%69

Brandon20.3 mi away

2%57

Winter Haven19.3 mi away

1%40

Kathleen (in town)right here

1%37

East Lake-Orient Park21.4 mi away

1%32

Auburndale14.7 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,400

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

How far

How far Kathleen commutes

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

36%

28%

18%

36%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kathleen is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kathleen are

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

Jobs based in Kathleen

434 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Kathleen residents hold

2,931 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+288%

Jobs based in Kathleen, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 434. 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.