Work & commute · St. Petersburg

Work & commute in St. Petersburg, FL

About one in 3 of St. Petersburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tampa (11%), Largo (7%) and Pinellas Park (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

37,497 of 117,962 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 80,465 St. Petersburg residents head out of town to work, 37,497 work right here, and 93,788 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Petersburg.

80,465live here, work elsewhere

37,497live and work here

93,788work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Petersburg goes to work

St. Petersburg (in town)right here

32%37,497

Tampa17.6 mi away

11%13,411

Largo12.7 mi away

7%8,519

Pinellas Park7.6 mi away

5%6,454

Clearwater16.8 mi away

3%3,975

St. Pete Beach6.6 mi away

1%1,631

Lealman4.5 mi away

1%1,583

Orlando94.3 mi away

1%1,335

Town 'n' Country17.5 mi away

1%1,335

Seminole10.1 mi away

1%1,217

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%41,005

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

How far

How far St. Petersburg commutes

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

50%

29%

15%

50%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Petersburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Petersburg are

131,285 jobs are based in St. Petersburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Petersburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Petersburg

131,285 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs St. Petersburg residents hold

117,962 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+32%

Jobs based in St. Petersburg, 2013 → 2023: 99,463 → 131,285. 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.