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Work & commute in Pebble Creek · A commuter town

98% of Pebble Creek’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Pebble Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (34%), East Lake-Orient Park (7%) and University (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Work in town
2%
79 of 4,511 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
28 min
Less than FL (28 min)
Work from home
35%
More than FL (16%)
Jobs based here
1,343
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Pebble Creek?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

34% of working residents work in Tampa

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Temple Terrace: 102 residents work here (2%)Palm CoastTampa: 1,531 residents work here (34%)St. Petersburg: 81 residents work here (2%)Orlando: 64 residents work here (1%)LakelandPebble CreekUniversity: 193 residents work here (4%)CarrollwoodEast Lake-Orient Park: 298 residents work here (7%)Town 'n' Country: 115 residents work here (3%)LutzWesley Chapel: 193 residents work here (4%)Brandon: 119 residents work here (3%)RiverviewTampaEast Lake-Orient ParkUniversityWesley ChapelBrandonTown 'n' CountryPebble Creek
1
Tampa15.5 mi away
34%1,531
27%298
3
University8 mi away
4%193
4
Wesley Chapel3.5 mi away
4%193
5
Brandon15.7 mi away
3%119
6
Town 'n' Country17.7 mi away
3%115
7
Temple Terrace8.3 mi away
2%102
8
St. Petersburg33.1 mi away
2%81
9
Pebble Creek (in town)right here
2%79
10
Orlando65.7 mi away
1%64
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%1,736
The top trips

Where Pebble Creek clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Next door

34% of Pebble Creek works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Tampa (34%). Darker towns draw more of Pebble Creek’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Time on the road

About 28 minutes each way, about the FL average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
213 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Pebble Creek28 min
Florida28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
35%

of Pebble Creek workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10

How Pebble Creek ranks on commute time →

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

1,343 jobs are based in Pebble Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pebble Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pebble CreekJobs Pebble Creek residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms9%7%
Trade, transport & utilities9%18%
Services: health, schools, offices83%75%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%23%
Over $3,333 a month55%66%

Who does it

29 or younger25%21%
30 to 5454%57%
55 and older21%23%
+163%

Jobs based in Pebble Creek, 2013 → 2023: 510 → 1,343. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Day and night

Pebble Creek quiets down on a workday

On a workday 4,432 residents head out to work, 79 work right here, and 1,264 people come in from elsewhere.

4,432live here, work elsewhere
79live and work here
1,264work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night10,000
Workday7,300
10,000live here− 4,400head out to work+ 1,300come in to work= 7,300on a workday

About 7,300 people are in Pebble Creek on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.30jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Pebble Creek commutes less than 16 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miTampa: 34% · 15.5 miEast Lake-Orient Park: 7% · 10.8 miUniversity: 4% · 8 miWesley Chapel: 4% · 3.5 miBrandon: 3% · 15.7 miTown 'n' Country: 3% · 17.7 miTemple Terrace: 2% · 8.3 miSt. Petersburg: 2% · 33.1 miOrlando: 1% · 65.7 miTampa 34%East Lake-Orient Park 7%University 4%Wesley Chapel 4%Brandon 3%Pebble Creek
Pebble CreekTop destinations (size = commuters)
28%Under 10 mi1,259 residents
45%10–24 mi2,039 residents
8%25–50 mi362 residents
19%Over 50 mi846 residents

About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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