Work & commute · Medulla

Work & commute in Medulla, FL

Most working residents leave Medulla for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lakeland (29%), Bartow (8%) and Tampa (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

114 of 5,118 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,004 Medulla residents head out of town to work, 114 work right here, and 2,096 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medulla.

5,004live here, work elsewhere

114live and work here

2,096work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medulla goes to work

Lakeland6.9 mi away

29%1,507

Bartow10.9 mi away

8%398

Tampa30.1 mi away

4%219

Plant City9.2 mi away

4%181

Winter Haven16.3 mi away

3%135

Medulla (in town)right here

2%114

Orlando53.6 mi away

2%106

Lakeland Highlands1.8 mi away

1%61

Brandon19.5 mi away

1%61

Auburndale15.3 mi away

1%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,277

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

How far

How far Medulla commutes

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

47%

18%

16%

19%

47%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medulla is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Medulla are

2,210 jobs are based in Medulla. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Medulla’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Medulla

2,210 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Medulla residents hold

5,118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+50%

Jobs based in Medulla, 2013 → 2023: 1,469 → 2,210. 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.