Work & commute · South Bradenton

Work & commute in South Bradenton, FL

Most working residents leave South Bradenton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Bradenton (13%), Sarasota (7%) and Tampa (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

492 of 10,068 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,576 South Bradenton residents head out of town to work, 492 work right here, and 6,682 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Bradenton.

9,576live here, work elsewhere

492live and work here

6,682work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Bradenton goes to work

Bradenton2.1 mi away

13%1,309

Sarasota8.8 mi away

7%677

South Bradenton (in town)right here

5%492

Tampa35.7 mi away

3%332

Lakewood Ranch12.4 mi away

2%238

Fruitville11.7 mi away

2%209

St. Petersburg21.3 mi away

2%204

Orlando104 mi away

1%139

Palmetto4.5 mi away

1%129

Bayshore Gardens1.9 mi away

1%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%6,240

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

How far

How far South Bradenton commutes

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

49%

16%

14%

22%

49%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Bradenton is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Bradenton are

7,174 jobs are based in South Bradenton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Bradenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Bradenton

7,174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs South Bradenton residents hold

10,068 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

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Jobs based in South Bradenton, 2013 → 2023: 7,151 → 7,174. 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.