Work & commute · Punta Gorda

Work & commute in Punta Gorda, FL

Most working residents leave Punta Gorda for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Port Charlotte (11%), Fort Myers (5%) and Cape Coral (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

668 of 5,181 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,513 Punta Gorda residents head out of town to work, 668 work right here, and 7,376 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Punta Gorda.

4,513live here, work elsewhere

668live and work here

7,376work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Punta Gorda goes to work

Punta Gorda (in town)right here

13%668

Port Charlotte7.2 mi away

11%589

Fort Myers24 mi away

5%252

Cape Coral17.8 mi away

3%167

Charlotte Harbor4.7 mi away

2%103

Tampa78.3 mi away

2%96

North Port13.9 mi away

2%89

Orlando118.2 mi away

1%70

Venice26.4 mi away

1%68

Jacksonville239.1 mi away

1%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%3,032

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

How far

How far Punta Gorda commutes

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

32%

17%

16%

35%

32%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Punta Gorda is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Punta Gorda are

8,044 jobs are based in Punta Gorda. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Punta Gorda’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Punta Gorda

8,044 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Punta Gorda residents hold

5,181 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+25%

Jobs based in Punta Gorda, 2013 → 2023: 6,437 → 8,044. 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.