Work & commute · Temple Terrace

Work & commute in Temple Terrace, FL

Most working residents leave Temple Terrace for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (34%), East Lake-Orient Park (7%) and University (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

705 of 12,084 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,379 Temple Terrace residents head out of town to work, 705 work right here, and 14,953 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Temple Terrace.

11,379live here, work elsewhere

705live and work here

14,953work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Temple Terrace goes to work

Tampa8 mi away

34%4,167

East Lake-Orient Park2.7 mi away

7%802

Temple Terrace (in town)right here

6%705

University4.2 mi away

3%397

Brandon8.7 mi away

3%365

Town 'n' Country12.5 mi away

3%334

St. Petersburg25.4 mi away

2%237

Orlando70.6 mi away

2%186

Lakeland25.7 mi away

1%167

Palm River-Clair Mel8.2 mi away

1%143

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%4,581

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

How far

How far Temple Terrace commutes

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

56%

20%

18%

56%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Temple Terrace is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Temple Terrace are

15,658 jobs are based in Temple Terrace. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Temple Terrace’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Temple Terrace

15,658 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Temple Terrace residents hold

12,084 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+27%

Jobs based in Temple Terrace, 2013 → 2023: 12,346 → 15,658. 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.