Work & commute · South Pasadena

Work & commute in South Pasadena, FL

Most working residents leave South Pasadena for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are St. Petersburg (20%), Tampa (11%) and Largo (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

83 of 1,831 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,748 South Pasadena residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 2,347 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Pasadena.

1,748live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

2,347work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Pasadena goes to work

St. Petersburg5.8 mi away

20%358

Tampa22 mi away

11%205

Largo10.9 mi away

6%105

St. Pete Beach2.5 mi away

5%87

South Pasadena (in town)right here

5%83

Clearwater15.8 mi away

3%51

Pinellas Park7.6 mi away

3%48

Jacksonville190 mi away

2%28

Treasure Island1.9 mi away

1%27

Orlando99.7 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%814

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

How far

How far South Pasadena commutes

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

38%

28%

10%

24%

38%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Pasadena is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Pasadena are

2,430 jobs are based in South Pasadena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Pasadena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Pasadena

2,430 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs South Pasadena residents hold

1,831 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+25%

Jobs based in South Pasadena, 2013 → 2023: 1,938 → 2,430. 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.