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
2%
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

AuburndaleWinter HavenPlant CityBartowTampaOrlandoLakelandWillow OakFuller HeightsLakeland HighlandsMedullaHighland CityBrandonLakelandBartowTampaPlant CityWinter HavenOrlandoLakeland HighlandsBrandonAuburndaleMedulla
1
Lakeland6.9 mi away
29%1,507
2
Bartow10.9 mi away
8%398
3
Tampa30.1 mi away
4%219
4
Plant City9.2 mi away
4%181
5
Winter Haven16.3 mi away
3%135
6
Medulla (in town)right here
2%114
7
Orlando53.6 mi away
2%106
81%61
9
Brandon19.5 mi away
1%61
10
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%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.

The porch light’s on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Medulla, FLView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map
Loading boundary…

Medulla is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/19 · 2025-01-01