Work & commute · Siesta Key

Work & commute in Siesta Key, FL

Most working residents leave Siesta Key for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (15%), Tampa (4%) and South Sarasota (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

151 of 1,555 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,404 Siesta Key residents head out of town to work, 151 work right here, and 1,672 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Siesta Key.

1,404live here, work elsewhere

151live and work here

1,672work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Siesta Key goes to work

Sarasota4.2 mi away

15%241

Siesta Key (in town)right here

10%151

Tampa47.9 mi away

4%56

South Sarasota1 mi away

3%44

Venice13.9 mi away

2%37

Bradenton14.7 mi away

2%32

Lakewood Ranch14.3 mi away

2%31

Fruitville6.8 mi away

2%26

Bee Ridge4.8 mi away

1%22

St. Petersburg34.1 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%894

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

How far

How far Siesta Key commutes

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

48%

13%

30%

48%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Siesta Key is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Siesta Key are

1,823 jobs are based in Siesta Key. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Siesta Key’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Siesta Key

1,823 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Siesta Key residents hold

1,555 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+37%

Jobs based in Siesta Key, 2013 → 2023: 1,326 → 1,823. 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.