Work & commute · Odessa

Work & commute in Odessa, FL

Most working residents leave Odessa for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (15%), St. Petersburg (3%) and Oldsmar (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

83 of 3,506 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,423 Odessa residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 2,345 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Odessa.

3,423live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

2,345work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Odessa goes to work

Tampa15.5 mi away

15%524

St. Petersburg29.5 mi away

3%109

Oldsmar11.8 mi away

2%85

Odessa (in town)right here

2%83

Town 'n' Country12 mi away

2%81

Largo23.4 mi away

2%76

Wesley Chapel14.3 mi away

2%76

Clearwater19.4 mi away

2%75

Spring Hill20.6 mi away

2%71

New Port Richey11.1 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%2,257

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

How far

How far Odessa commutes

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

25%

48%

19%

25%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Odessa is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Odessa are

2,428 jobs are based in Odessa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Odessa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Odessa

2,428 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Odessa residents hold

3,506 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+101%

Jobs based in Odessa, 2013 → 2023: 1,209 → 2,428. 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.