Work & commute · River Ridge

Work & commute in River Ridge, FL

Most working residents leave River Ridge for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (12%), New Port Richey (3%) and St. Petersburg (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 2,261 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,237 River Ridge residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 1,069 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in River Ridge.

2,237live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

1,069work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where River Ridge goes to work

Tampa22.6 mi away

12%269

New Port Richey5.8 mi away

3%69

St. Petersburg34.8 mi away

3%68

Clearwater21.8 mi away

3%57

Palm Harbor14.9 mi away

2%52

Largo26.4 mi away

2%46

Town 'n' Country18 mi away

2%46

Orlando80.5 mi away

2%40

New Port Richey East4.2 mi away

2%38

Oldsmar15.3 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%1,542

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

How far

How far River Ridge commutes

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

32%

35%

15%

18%

32%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

River Ridge is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in River Ridge are

1,093 jobs are based in River Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs River Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in River Ridge

1,093 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs River Ridge residents hold

2,261 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+11%

Jobs based in River Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 984 → 1,093. 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.