Work & commute · Osprey

Work & commute in Osprey, FL

Most working residents leave Osprey for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (15%), Venice (4%) and South Sarasota (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

171 of 2,049 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,878 Osprey residents head out of town to work, 171 work right here, and 1,529 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Osprey.

1,878live here, work elsewhere

171live and work here

1,529work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Osprey goes to work

Sarasota11 mi away

15%301

Osprey (in town)right here

8%171

Venice6.3 mi away

4%82

South Sarasota7.4 mi away

4%77

Tampa53.7 mi away

3%67

Fruitville9.9 mi away

3%60

Lakewood Ranch17 mi away

2%37

Lakeland67.7 mi away

1%27

St. Petersburg41 mi away

1%26

Bee Ridge6.5 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,177

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

How far

How far Osprey commutes

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

40%

23%

31%

40%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Osprey is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Osprey are

1,700 jobs are based in Osprey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Osprey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Osprey

1,700 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Osprey residents hold

2,049 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+54%

Jobs based in Osprey, 2013 → 2023: 1,102 → 1,700. 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.