Work & commute · Palm Harbor

Work & commute in Palm Harbor, FL

Most working residents leave Palm Harbor for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Clearwater (12%), Tampa (10%) and Largo (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

2,487 of 25,368 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,881 Palm Harbor residents head out of town to work, 2,487 work right here, and 14,424 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palm Harbor.

22,881live here, work elsewhere

2,487live and work here

14,424work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palm Harbor goes to work

Clearwater7.3 mi away

12%2,931

Tampa19.1 mi away

10%2,524

Palm Harbor (in town)right here

10%2,487

Largo12.3 mi away

9%2,200

St. Petersburg23.2 mi away

5%1,214

Dunedin3.9 mi away

4%1,023

Pinellas Park15.9 mi away

3%716

Oldsmar5.9 mi away

3%638

Safety Harbor6.5 mi away

2%634

Town 'n' Country12.2 mi away

2%590

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%10,411

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

How far

How far Palm Harbor commutes

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

38%

41%

16%

38%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palm Harbor is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palm Harbor are

16,911 jobs are based in Palm Harbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palm Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palm Harbor

16,911 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Palm Harbor residents hold

25,368 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+31%

Jobs based in Palm Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 12,944 → 16,911. 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.