Work & commute · South Venice

Work & commute in South Venice, FL

Most working residents leave South Venice for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Venice (13%), Sarasota (9%) and South Sarasota (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

323 of 6,253 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,930 South Venice residents head out of town to work, 323 work right here, and 1,221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Venice.

5,930live here, work elsewhere

323live and work here

1,221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Venice goes to work

Venice5 mi away

13%836

Sarasota21.8 mi away

9%576

South Venice (in town)right here

5%323

South Sarasota18.1 mi away

4%229

North Port13.4 mi away

2%156

Fruitville20.1 mi away

2%153

Englewood7.2 mi away

2%148

Tampa63.9 mi away

2%146

Lakewood Ranch26.2 mi away

2%136

Port Charlotte19 mi away

2%125

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%3,425

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

How far

How far South Venice commutes

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

35%

33%

25%

35%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Venice is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Venice are

1,544 jobs are based in South Venice. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Venice’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Venice

1,544 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs South Venice residents hold

6,253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+43%

Jobs based in South Venice, 2013 → 2023: 1,081 → 1,544. 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.