Work & commute · North Port

Work & commute in North Port, FL

Most working residents leave North Port for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Port Charlotte (8%), Sarasota (8%) and Venice (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

3,238 of 29,503 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 26,265 North Port residents head out of town to work, 3,238 work right here, and 7,532 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Port.

26,265live here, work elsewhere

3,238live and work here

7,532work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Port goes to work

North Port (in town)right here

11%3,238

Port Charlotte7 mi away

8%2,373

Sarasota28.7 mi away

8%2,263

Venice14 mi away

7%2,044

South Sarasota26 mi away

3%996

Tampa65.1 mi away

2%712

Punta Gorda13.9 mi away

2%693

Englewood10.9 mi away

2%588

Fruitville24.9 mi away

2%466

Lakewood Ranch27.8 mi away

1%386

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%15,744

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

How far

How far North Port commutes

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

25%

29%

19%

27%

25%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Port is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Port are

10,770 jobs are based in North Port. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Port’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Port

10,770 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs North Port residents hold

29,503 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+106%

Jobs based in North Port, 2013 → 2023: 5,231 → 10,770. 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.