Work & commute · Progress

Work & commute in Progress, FL

Most working residents leave Progress for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (34%), East Lake-Orient Park (8%) and Brandon (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

80 of 5,246 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,166 Progress residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 2,506 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Progress.

5,166live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

2,506work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Progress goes to work

Tampa8.8 mi away

34%1,766

East Lake-Orient Park8.2 mi away

8%412

Brandon5.3 mi away

6%339

Palm River-Clair Mel2.8 mi away

3%144

Riverview5.1 mi away

3%144

St. Petersburg19.2 mi away

2%109

Town 'n' Country15.6 mi away

2%100

Lakeland27.6 mi away

2%95

Orlando75.3 mi away

2%82

Progress Village (in town)right here

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,975

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

How far

How far Progress commutes

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

45%

30%

18%

45%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Progress is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Progress are

2,586 jobs are based in Progress. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Progress’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Progress

2,586 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Progress residents hold

5,246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+102%

Jobs based in Progress, 2013 → 2023: 1,282 → 2,586. 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.