Work & commute · Whitfield

Work & commute in Whitfield, FL

Most working residents leave Whitfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (14%), Bradenton (9%) and Tampa (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 1,398 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,391 Whitfield residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 606 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitfield.

1,391live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

606work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitfield goes to work

Sarasota5.1 mi away

14%201

Bradenton5.6 mi away

9%121

Tampa39 mi away

4%57

St. Petersburg25 mi away

3%36

Fruitville8.3 mi away

2%34

South Bradenton3.8 mi away

2%33

Lakewood Ranch11 mi away

2%32

Orlando105.6 mi away

1%17

Desoto Lakes4.5 mi away

1%17

South Sarasota8.9 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%834

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

How far

How far Whitfield commutes

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

56%

18%

19%

56%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitfield is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitfield are

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

Jobs based in Whitfield

613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Whitfield residents hold

1,398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+14%

Jobs based in Whitfield, 2013 → 2023: 537 → 613. 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.