Work & commute · Sarasota

Work & commute in Sarasota, FL

About one in 4 of Sarasota’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bradenton (3%), Fruitville (3%) and Tampa (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

5,343 of 20,648 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 15,305 Sarasota residents head out of town to work, 5,343 work right here, and 43,529 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sarasota.

15,305live here, work elsewhere

5,343live and work here

43,529work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sarasota goes to work

Sarasota (in town)right here

26%5,343

Bradenton10.7 mi away

3%706

Fruitville5.2 mi away

3%689

Tampa43.7 mi away

3%581

South Sarasota3.9 mi away

3%528

Lakewood Ranch11.3 mi away

2%484

Venice17.2 mi away

1%286

St. Petersburg30 mi away

1%281

Bee Ridge5.7 mi away

1%275

Orlando108.2 mi away

1%221

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%11,254

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

How far

How far Sarasota commutes

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

57%

11%

23%

57%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sarasota is a job hub

2.37jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sarasota are

48,872 jobs are based in Sarasota. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sarasota’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sarasota

48,872 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Sarasota residents hold

20,648 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+11%

Jobs based in Sarasota, 2013 → 2023: 44,152 → 48,872. 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.