Work & commute · Manasota Key

Work & commute in Manasota Key, FL

Most working residents leave Manasota Key for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Englewood (20%), Venice (5%) and Port Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 354 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

44%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 338 Manasota Key residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 508 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manasota Key.

338live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

508work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manasota Key goes to work

Englewood2.9 mi away

20%70

Venice13.9 mi away

5%17

Manasota Key (in town)right here

5%16

Port Charlotte15.4 mi away

4%13

Cape Coral29.3 mi away

3%9

Rotonda5.6 mi away

2%7

Tampa72.5 mi away

2%6

Orlando124.2 mi away

2%6

Jacksonville239.4 mi away

1%5

Punta Gorda17.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%201

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

How far

How far Manasota Key commutes

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

34%

18%

11%

38%

34%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manasota Key is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Manasota Key are

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

Jobs based in Manasota Key

524 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Manasota Key residents hold

354 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+79%

Jobs based in Manasota Key, 2013 → 2023: 292 → 524. 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.