Work & commute · Palmetto

Work & commute in Palmetto, FL

Most working residents leave Palmetto for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Bradenton (13%), Tampa (4%) and St. Petersburg (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

406 of 6,040 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,634 Palmetto residents head out of town to work, 406 work right here, and 5,485 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmetto.

5,634live here, work elsewhere

406live and work here

5,485work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palmetto goes to work

Bradenton2.4 mi away

13%815

Palmetto (in town)right here

7%406

Tampa31.2 mi away

4%257

St. Petersburg17 mi away

4%254

Sarasota13 mi away

4%230

Lakewood Ranch13.5 mi away

2%138

South Bradenton4.5 mi away

2%126

Fruitville15 mi away

2%106

Ellenton3 mi away

2%98

Pinellas Park24.5 mi away

1%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%3,541

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

How far

How far Palmetto commutes

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

43%

22%

16%

19%

43%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palmetto is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmetto are

5,891 jobs are based in Palmetto. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palmetto’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palmetto

5,891 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Palmetto residents hold

6,040 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+14%

Jobs based in Palmetto, 2013 → 2023: 5,156 → 5,891. 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.