Tampa

City Commute Profile

Tampa, FL

Where Tampa’s 184,648 resident workers go each day — 41.9% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is East Lake-Orient Park.

FloridaLODES 2023 data
58
Commute Score

58 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Tampa at a glance
Employed Residents
184,648
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
41.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
22.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
East Lake-Orient Park
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Tampa proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Tampa commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Tampa

184,648 commutes, one dot at a time

Tampa

Where 184,648 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Tampa, by worker count.

1Tampa0.0 mi77,287
2East Lake-Orient Park5.7 mi8,361
3St. Petersburg18.0 mi6,916
4Town ‘n’ Country7.3 mi5,698
5Brandon10.5 mi4,859
6University7.2 mi3,825
7Orlando77.0 mi2,980
8Clearwater18.3 mi2,362

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Tampa.

1Tampa0.0 mi77,287
2Brandon10.5 mi16,298
3Riverview13.5 mi15,745
4St. Petersburg18.0 mi14,229
5Town ‘n’ Country7.3 mi12,997
6Wesley Chapel18.3 mi8,470
7Carrollwood6.6 mi6,263
8Egypt Lake-Leto3.9 mi5,947

Top industries

The sectors that employ Tampa’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services14.0%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance11.7%
FIFinance and Insurance11.5%
EDEducational Services11.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.2%
RTRetail Trade6.5%
PAPublic Administration4.9%
COConstruction3.5%

Tampa city profile

Who lives in Tampa — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
401,618
Median age
35.9yrs
Median household income
$75,475
Median home value
$420,400
Median gross rent
$1,701/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
45.7%
Poverty rate
15.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Tampa

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps93%
5 Gbps93%
8 Gbps4%
See all internet providers in Tampa

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).