Work & commute · Plant

Work & commute in Plant, FL

Most working residents leave Plant for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (18%), Lakeland (10%) and Brandon (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

2,835 of 18,518 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 15,683 Plant residents head out of town to work, 2,835 work right here, and 20,664 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plant.

15,683live here, work elsewhere

2,835live and work here

20,664work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plant goes to work

Tampa22.1 mi away

18%3,307

Plant City (in town)right here

15%2,835

Lakeland10.3 mi away

10%1,838

Brandon12.4 mi away

4%791

East Lake-Orient Park15.1 mi away

4%682

St. Petersburg36.7 mi away

1%253

Orlando57.7 mi away

1%248

Town 'n' Country28.1 mi away

1%217

Palm River-Clair Mel17.2 mi away

1%201

Bartow20.1 mi away

1%198

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%7,948

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

How far

How far Plant commutes

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

28%

43%

12%

17%

28%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plant is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plant are

23,499 jobs are based in Plant. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plant

23,499 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Plant residents hold

18,518 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+45%

Jobs based in Plant, 2013 → 2023: 16,191 → 23,499. 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.