Work & commute · Westchase

Work & commute in Westchase, FL

Most working residents leave Westchase for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (31%), Town 'n' Country (5%) and St. Petersburg (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

485 of 11,810 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,325 Westchase residents head out of town to work, 485 work right here, and 4,891 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westchase.

11,325live here, work elsewhere

485live and work here

4,891work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westchase goes to work

Tampa10.2 mi away

31%3,720

Town 'n' Country3.7 mi away

5%608

St. Petersburg20.4 mi away

5%565

Westchase (in town)right here

4%485

Clearwater11.3 mi away

3%407

East Lake-Orient Park15.3 mi away

3%397

Oldsmar3.9 mi away

2%243

Pinellas Park15 mi away

2%215

Largo14.5 mi away

2%211

Egypt Lake-Leto6.8 mi away

2%185

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%4,774

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

How far

How far Westchase commutes

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

38%

41%

18%

38%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westchase is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westchase are

5,376 jobs are based in Westchase. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westchase’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westchase

5,376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Westchase residents hold

11,810 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+22%

Jobs based in Westchase, 2013 → 2023: 4,419 → 5,376. 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.