Work & commute · Wimauma

Work & commute in Wimauma, FL

Most working residents leave Wimauma for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (20%), Brandon (4%) and East Lake-Orient Park (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

95 of 4,322 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,227 Wimauma residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 1,357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wimauma.

4,227live here, work elsewhere

95live and work here

1,357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wimauma goes to work

Tampa22.5 mi away

20%884

Brandon18.1 mi away

4%187

East Lake-Orient Park23 mi away

4%186

St. Petersburg21.2 mi away

4%171

Riverview10.5 mi away

4%167

Sun City Center3.8 mi away

3%129

Bradenton20.6 mi away

3%119

Ruskin7 mi away

3%110

Wimauma (in town)right here

2%95

Lakeland34.2 mi away

2%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%2,203

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

How far

How far Wimauma commutes

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

14%

49%

20%

16%

14%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wimauma is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wimauma are

1,452 jobs are based in Wimauma. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wimauma’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wimauma

1,452 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Wimauma residents hold

4,322 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+50%

Jobs based in Wimauma, 2013 → 2023: 969 → 1,452. 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.