Work & commute · Venice

Work & commute in Venice, FL

Most working residents leave Venice for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (8%), South Sarasota (4%) and Tampa (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,217 of 7,324 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,107 Venice residents head out of town to work, 1,217 work right here, and 13,280 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Venice.

6,107live here, work elsewhere

1,217live and work here

13,280work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Venice goes to work

Venice (in town)right here

17%1,217

Sarasota17.2 mi away

8%574

South Sarasota13.7 mi away

4%264

Tampa58.9 mi away

3%210

Port Charlotte20.5 mi away

2%153

Fruitville15.2 mi away

2%147

North Port14 mi away

2%136

Laurel3.4 mi away

1%109

Lakewood Ranch21.3 mi away

1%107

Orlando115 mi away

1%106

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%4,301

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

How far

How far Venice commutes

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

27%

30%

35%

27%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Venice is a job hub

1.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Venice are

14,497 jobs are based in Venice. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Venice’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Venice

14,497 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Venice residents hold

7,324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+17%

Jobs based in Venice, 2013 → 2023: 12,371 → 14,497. 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.