Work & commute · South Gate Ridge

Work & commute in South Gate Ridge, FL

Most working residents leave South Gate Ridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (17%), South Sarasota (6%) and Bee Ridge (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
60 of 2,597 working residents
Typical commute
6 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,537 South Gate Ridge residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 1,993 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Gate Ridge.

2,537live here, work elsewhere
60live and work here
1,993work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where South Gate Ridge goes to work

BradentonVeniceSarasotaNorth PortCape CoralTampaRidge Wood HeightsSouth Gate RidgeSouth SarasotaGulf GateSarasota SpringsBee RidgeFruitvillePalmer RanchLakewood RanchSarasotaSouth SarasotaBee RidgeFruitvilleLakewood RanchTampaBradentonVeniceGulf GateSouth Gate Ridge
1
Sarasota4.7 mi away
17%453
2
South Sarasota2.5 mi away
6%162
3
Bee Ridge1.4 mi away
5%125
4
Fruitville4 mi away
4%98
5
Lakewood Ranch11.7 mi away
3%81
6
Tampa47.2 mi away
3%72
7
South Gate Ridge (in town)right here
2%60
8
Bradenton15 mi away
2%49
9
Venice12.6 mi away
2%48
10
Gulf Gate2 mi away
1%36
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%1,413

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

How far

How far South Gate Ridge commutes

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

60%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

South Gate Ridge is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Gate Ridge are

2,053 jobs are based in South Gate Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Gate Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Gate Ridge

2,053 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)79%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs South Gate Ridge residents hold

2,597 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+2%

Jobs based in South Gate Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 2,015 → 2,053. 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.

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