Work & commute · North Sarasota

Work & commute in North Sarasota, FL

Most working residents leave North Sarasota for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (20%), Bradenton (4%) and Lakewood Ranch (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 1,010 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,003 North Sarasota residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 340 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Sarasota.

1,003live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

340work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Sarasota goes to work

Sarasota1.8 mi away

20%202

Bradenton9.8 mi away

4%41

Lakewood Ranch9.5 mi away

4%38

South Sarasota5.2 mi away

4%37

Fruitville4.2 mi away

3%34

Tampa42.3 mi away

3%30

St. Petersburg29.1 mi away

2%17

Orlando106.3 mi away

1%13

Bee Ridge5.8 mi away

1%13

Venice17.8 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%575

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

How far

How far North Sarasota commutes

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

65%

12%

18%

65%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Sarasota 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 North Sarasota are

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

Jobs based in North Sarasota

347 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs North Sarasota residents hold

1,010 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−6%

Jobs based in North Sarasota, 2013 → 2023: 371 → 347. 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.