Work & commute · Tampa

Work & commute in Tampa, FL

42% of Tampa’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are East Lake-Orient Park (5%), St. Petersburg (4%) and Town 'n' Country (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

72,730 of 173,357 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 100,627 Tampa residents head out of town to work, 72,730 work right here, and 321,712 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tampa.

100,627live here, work elsewhere

72,730live and work here

321,712work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tampa goes to work

Tampa (in town)right here

42%72,730

East Lake-Orient Park7.2 mi away

5%8,007

St. Petersburg17.6 mi away

4%6,544

Town 'n' Country6.9 mi away

3%5,419

Brandon10.9 mi away

3%4,546

University7.9 mi away

2%3,612

Orlando78.3 mi away

2%2,766

Temple Terrace8 mi away

1%2,198

Clearwater18.1 mi away

1%2,186

Egypt Lake-Leto3.9 mi away

1%2,186

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%63,163

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

How far

How far Tampa commutes

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

54%

23%

18%

54%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tampa is a job hub

2.28jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tampa are

394,442 jobs are based in Tampa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tampa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tampa

394,442 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Tampa residents hold

173,357 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+34%

Jobs based in Tampa, 2013 → 2023: 295,202 → 394,442. 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.