Work & commute · Moon Lake

Work & commute in Moon Lake, FL

Most working residents leave Moon Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (11%), New Port Richey (3%) and St. Petersburg (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 2,155 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,122 Moon Lake residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 710 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moon Lake.

2,122live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

710work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moon Lake goes to work

Tampa24.2 mi away

11%244

New Port Richey7.7 mi away

3%55

St. Petersburg37 mi away

3%54

Spring Hill13.4 mi away

2%50

Clearwater24.2 mi away

2%49

Town 'n' Country20 mi away

2%49

Palm Harbor17.4 mi away

2%41

Hudson6.6 mi away

2%38

Jasmine Estates5.1 mi away

2%37

Oldsmar17.7 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%1,502

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

How far

How far Moon Lake commutes

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

31%

19%

31%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moon Lake is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moon Lake are

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

Jobs based in Moon Lake

743 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Moon Lake residents hold

2,155 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+342%

Jobs based in Moon Lake, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 743. 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.