Work & commute · Plantation

Work & commute in Plantation, FL

Most working residents leave Plantation for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Venice (9%), Sarasota (9%) and South Sarasota (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 1,253 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,232 Plantation residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 615 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plantation.

1,232live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

615work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plantation goes to work

Venice5 mi away

9%118

Sarasota22.1 mi away

9%112

South Sarasota18.7 mi away

4%54

Tampa63.2 mi away

3%41

Fruitville19.8 mi away

3%32

North Port10.5 mi away

2%22

Plantation (in town)right here

2%21

Lakewood Ranch25.3 mi away

2%21

Port Charlotte16.4 mi away

1%18

Orlando116.8 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%799

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

How far

How far Plantation commutes

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

24%

28%

39%

24%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plantation is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plantation are

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

Jobs based in Plantation

636 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Plantation residents hold

1,253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+53%

Jobs based in Plantation, 2013 → 2023: 415 → 636. 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.