Work & commute · Port Charlotte

Work & commute in Port Charlotte, FL

About one in 5 of Port Charlotte’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Punta Gorda (6%), North Port (5%) and Charlotte Harbor (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

4,533 of 22,133 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,600 Port Charlotte residents head out of town to work, 4,533 work right here, and 15,448 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Charlotte.

17,600live here, work elsewhere

4,533live and work here

15,448work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Charlotte goes to work

Port Charlotte (in town)right here

20%4,533

Punta Gorda7.2 mi away

6%1,363

North Port7 mi away

5%1,004

Charlotte Harbor3.9 mi away

3%745

Venice20.5 mi away

3%738

Fort Myers31 mi away

3%737

Cape Coral25 mi away

2%507

Englewood14.1 mi away

2%343

Tampa71.1 mi away

1%316

Orlando113.3 mi away

1%235

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%11,612

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

How far

How far Port Charlotte commutes

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

42%

13%

18%

28%

42%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Charlotte is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Charlotte are

19,981 jobs are based in Port Charlotte. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Charlotte’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Port Charlotte

19,981 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Port Charlotte residents hold

22,133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+31%

Jobs based in Port Charlotte, 2013 → 2023: 15,297 → 19,981. 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.