Work & commute · Ruskin

Work & commute in Ruskin, FL

Most working residents leave Ruskin for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (20%), St. Petersburg (5%) and Brandon (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

912 of 15,254 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,342 Ruskin residents head out of town to work, 912 work right here, and 5,155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ruskin.

14,342live here, work elsewhere

912live and work here

5,155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ruskin goes to work

Tampa18.3 mi away

20%3,083

Ruskin (in town)right here

6%912

St. Petersburg14.2 mi away

5%740

Brandon17.5 mi away

4%602

East Lake-Orient Park20.9 mi away

4%575

Bradenton17.7 mi away

3%455

Sun City Center4.1 mi away

3%412

Apollo Beach4.1 mi away

3%399

Riverview10.7 mi away

2%344

Lakeland37.4 mi away

2%291

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%7,441

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

How far

How far Ruskin commutes

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

15%

56%

14%

16%

15%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ruskin is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ruskin are

6,067 jobs are based in Ruskin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ruskin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ruskin

6,067 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Ruskin residents hold

15,254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+135%

Jobs based in Ruskin, 2013 → 2023: 2,583 → 6,067. 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.