Work & commute · Vamo

Work & commute in Vamo, FL

Most working residents leave Vamo for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (15%), South Sarasota (3%) and Osprey (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 896 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 857 Vamo residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 877 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vamo.

857live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

877work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vamo goes to work

Sarasota8.6 mi away

15%132

Vamo (in town)right here

4%39

South Sarasota4.9 mi away

3%30

Osprey2.6 mi away

3%29

Gulf Gate2.6 mi away

3%27

Fruitville8.2 mi away

3%26

Venice8.8 mi away

2%20

Lakewood Ranch15.7 mi away

2%18

Bee Ridge4.7 mi away

1%13

Tampa51.7 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%550

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

How far

How far Vamo commutes

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

51%

14%

29%

51%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vamo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vamo are

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

Jobs based in Vamo

916 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Vamo residents hold

896 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+45%

Jobs based in Vamo, 2013 → 2023: 633 → 916. 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.