Work & commute · West Bradenton

Work & commute in West Bradenton, FL

Most working residents leave West Bradenton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bradenton (22%), Sarasota (6%) and South Bradenton (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 1,823 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,766 West Bradenton residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 892 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Bradenton.

1,766live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

892work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Bradenton goes to work

Bradenton2.4 mi away

22%405

Sarasota12.1 mi away

6%110

West Bradenton (in town)right here

3%57

South Bradenton3.3 mi away

3%56

Lakewood Ranch14.9 mi away

3%51

Tampa33.3 mi away

3%48

Palmetto2.9 mi away

2%37

St. Petersburg18.2 mi away

2%35

Holmes Beach6.2 mi away

2%32

Fruitville15 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%960

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

How far

How far West Bradenton commutes

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

51%

21%

11%

18%

51%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Bradenton is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in West Bradenton are

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

Jobs based in West Bradenton

949 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs West Bradenton residents hold

1,823 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+8%

Jobs based in West Bradenton, 2013 → 2023: 879 → 949. 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.