Work & commute · Longboat Key

Work & commute in Longboat Key, FL

Most working residents leave Longboat Key for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (9%), Tampa (6%) and Bradenton (3%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

221 of 1,645 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

46%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,424 Longboat Key residents head out of town to work, 221 work right here, and 2,267 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Longboat Key.

1,424live here, work elsewhere

221live and work here

2,267work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Longboat Key goes to work

Longboat Key (in town)right here

13%221

Sarasota7.5 mi away

9%154

Tampa40.6 mi away

6%91

Bradenton7.4 mi away

3%47

St. Petersburg25.1 mi away

3%42

Orlando109.5 mi away

2%38

Lakewood Ranch15.9 mi away

2%27

Pinellas Park31.9 mi away

1%22

East Lake-Orient Park45.1 mi away

1%19

Jacksonville211.3 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%966

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

How far

How far Longboat Key commutes

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

32%

11%

21%

36%

32%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Longboat Key is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Longboat Key are

2,488 jobs are based in Longboat Key. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Longboat Key’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Longboat Key

2,488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Longboat Key residents hold

1,645 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+26%

Jobs based in Longboat Key, 2013 → 2023: 1,978 → 2,488. 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.