Households in Apollo Beach earn more than those in 91% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Apollo Beach are A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 4.6% of residents, next to 12.6% for Florida as a whole. Working from home is the commute for 27% of workers, next to 16% for Florida as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Apollo Beach and work: the main findings
Apollo Beach has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Apollo Beach went from 2,804 in 2013 to 5,537 in 2023, +97%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Apollo Beach
27% of Apollo Beach workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Apollo Beach workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Apollo Beach
65% of Apollo Beach residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 43% of the jobs based in Apollo Beach pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Apollo Beach
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Apollo Beach is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #69 of 638 in Florida. Household income is its strongest input ($127,617, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Apollo Beach could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The kinds of work in Apollo Beach
5,537 jobs are based in Apollo Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Apollo Beach, 2013 → 2023: 2,804 → 5,537. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Apollo Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Apollo Beach: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Apollo Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,695 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Apollo Beach by day and by night
On a workday 12,855 residents head out to work, 655 work right here, and 4,882 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Apollo Beach on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.41 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
26% of working residents work in Tampa
Where Apollo Beach clocks in
26% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Miles to work from Apollo Beach
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Apollo Beach walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Apollo Beach is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #471 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Apollo Beach near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 16,052 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 6% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Apollo Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Apollo Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Apollo Beach is 384th among 1,315 U.S. towns of 23,000 to 45,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 84 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Palmetto Bay FL | 24,886 | $142K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 382 | Saginaw TX | 26,706 | $97K | 5.6% | 4.6% | 6% | A− |
| 383 | Oakleaf Plantation FL | 32,070 | $109K | 8.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A− |
| 384 | Apollo Beach FL | 33,355 | $128K | 4.6% | 4.2% | 5% | A− |
| 385 | Fair Lawn NJ | 37,128 | $145K | 6.1% | 6.2% | 4% | A− |
| 386 | Trumbull CT | 38,075 | $163K | 5.3% | 5.6% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,315 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Apollo Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Apollo Beach
The biggest share goes to Riverview (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Apollo Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Beach | – | A− | B− | 35 min | $127,617 |
| Ruskin | 2% | B− | C+ | 36 min | $79,235 |
| Gibsonton | under 2% | B− | B | 33 min | $83,875 |
| Riverview | 3% | B+ | B− | 35 min | $100,438 |
| Sun City Center | under 2% | B+ | C− | 34 min | $73,528 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Apollo Beach’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Apollo Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Apollo Beach?
$127,617 (±$10,070) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Apollo Beach?
4.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Apollo Beach?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Apollo Beach work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (26%, 15 mi), East Lake-Orient Park (5%, 17 mi), St. Petersburg (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Apollo Beach walkable?
Apollo Beach is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Apollo Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Apollo Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Apollo Beach
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.