Work & commute · Palmer Ranch

Work & commute in Palmer Ranch, FL

Most working residents leave Palmer Ranch for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (18%), South Sarasota (5%) and Venice (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

159 of 5,133 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,974 Palmer Ranch residents head out of town to work, 159 work right here, and 1,318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmer Ranch.

4,974live here, work elsewhere

159live and work here

1,318work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palmer Ranch goes to work

Sarasota8.9 mi away

18%908

South Sarasota5.8 mi away

5%259

Palmer Ranch (in town)right here

3%159

Venice8.5 mi away

3%146

Tampa50.8 mi away

3%141

Fruitville6.9 mi away

2%125

Bee Ridge3.7 mi away

2%121

Lakewood Ranch14 mi away

2%113

Gulf Gate3.4 mi away

2%104

Osprey3 mi away

1%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,981

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

How far

How far Palmer Ranch commutes

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

52%

14%

27%

52%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palmer Ranch is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmer Ranch are

1,477 jobs are based in Palmer Ranch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palmer Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palmer Ranch

1,477 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Palmer Ranch residents hold

5,133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+27%

Jobs based in Palmer Ranch, 2013 → 2023: 1,166 → 1,477. 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.