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Jobs & commute in Bardmoor

Bardmoor has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

1,093 jobs are based in Bardmoor, and 4,423 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Bardmoor is better than 83% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (B). Only 2% work in Bardmoor; the top destination outside it is St. Petersburg (17%, 9 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

The work figures that set Bardmoor apart

Most Bardmoor residents work close to home

66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓

Bardmoor and St. Petersburg trade workers both ways

St. Petersburg is the top workplace for Bardmoor residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Bardmoor come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

The better-paid jobs are outside Bardmoor

60% of Bardmoor residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Bardmoor pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓

Bardmoor is a place people come home to

There are 1,093 jobs based in Bardmoor, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bardmoor has about 7,000 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Many jobs in Bardmoor pay little

26% of the jobs based in Bardmoor pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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.

Jobs & income grade

Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Bardmoor

Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.

Household income $89,400 (±$13,163) · FL $74,568 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 67% of U.S. towns
Poverty 8.6% · FL 12.6% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 57% of U.S. towns
Unemployment 2.5% (±1.4) · FL 4.8% · U.S. 5.2%Lower than 77% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 88% of U.S. towns
Florida towns we grade 638 towns#72 of 638
BA+

A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bardmoor could be anywhere from B to A+.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · How far

Miles to work from Bardmoor

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSt. Petersburg: 17% · 9.2 miLargo: 12% · 3.8 miPinellas Park: 10% · 2.8 miClearwater: 7% · 8.6 miTampa: 6% · 18.7 miSeminole: 4% · 2.2 miBay Pines: 2% · 3.6 miLealman: 1% · 4.9 miJacksonville: 1% · 183.6 miSt. Petersburg 17%Largo 12%Pinellas Park 10%Clearwater 7%Tampa 6%Bardmoor
BardmoorTop destinations (size = commuters)
66%Under 10 mi2,912 residents
13%10–24 mi568 residents
7%25–50 mi292 residents
15%Over 50 mi648 residents

About 15% 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.

The commute map

Out of Bardmoor to work: where people go

Seminole: 156 residents work here (4%)Pinellas Park: 424 residents work here (10%)Clearwater: 303 residents work here (7%)Largo: 532 residents work here (12%)Jacksonville: 39 residents work here (1%)Tampa: 277 residents work here (6%)St. Petersburg: 731 residents work here (17%)Bay Pines: 71 residents work here (2%)BardmoorLealman: 42 residents work here (1%)Palm HarborRiverviewSt. PetersburgLargoPinellas ParkClearwaterTampaSeminoleBardmoor
1
St. Petersburg9.2 mi away
17%731
2
Largo3.8 mi away
12%532
3
Pinellas Park2.8 mi away
10%424
4
Clearwater8.6 mi away
7%303
5
Tampa18.7 mi away
6%277
6
Seminole2.2 mi away
4%156
7
Bardmoor (in town)right here
2%73
8
Bay Pines3.6 mi away
2%71
9
Lealman4.9 mi away
1%42
10
Jacksonville183.6 mi away
1%39
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%1,775
The top trips

Where Bardmoor clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

What Bardmoor’s employers do

Jobs based in BardmoorJobs Bardmoor residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms3%16%
Trade, transport & utilities28%17%
Services: health, schools, offices69%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less26%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%27%
Over $3,333 a month38%60%

Who does it

29 or younger25%19%
30 to 5445%51%
55 and older30%30%
+16%

Jobs based in Bardmoor, 2013 → 2023: 942 → 1,093. 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 Bardmoor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Day and night

Bardmoor quiets down on a workday

On a workday 4,350 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 1,020 people come in from elsewhere.

4,350live here, work elsewhere
73live and work here
1,020work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night10,000
Workday7,000
10,000live here− 4,400head out to work+ 1,000come in to work= 7,000on a workday

About 7,000 people are in Bardmoor on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.25jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

Time on the road

Bardmoor’s commute takes about 25 minutes

A year of commuting
195 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bardmoor25 min
Florida28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
13%

of Bardmoor workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Bardmoor gets to work
90%Drive alone
6%Carpool
<1%Walk
<1%Bike
4%Other

Share of the 4,664 commuters (the 13% 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.

Getting around · Walkability grade

The commute in Bardmoor is mostly behind the wheel

The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.

EPA walkability index 11.1 of 20 · typical FL town 9.0 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 87% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 0.7% of commuters · FL 3.6% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 24% of U.S. towns
Florida towns we grade 638 towns#399 of 638
BB

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,381 workers.

How TownRatings grades walkability →

Transit service (shown, not graded). 85% 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 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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

Tampa6.0
Bardmoor2.0

Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.0% of Bardmoor households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bardmoor’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

Among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000, Bardmoor ranks 712th of 2,878 on jobs and income

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Des Peres MO9,102$224K2.0%0.5%5%A+
2Beverly Hills MI10,449$177K1.7%1.6%3%A+
3Ladue MO8,934$250K1.1%1.7%5%A+
…
29Southwest Ranches FL7,773$161K3.8%1.5%2%A+
…
174Neptune Beach FL7,020$119K3.1%2.1%6%A+
…
343Westlake FL9,042$132K3.2%2.8%1%A
…
710Neshannock Township PA9,599$83K4.2%2.2%16%A−
711Lower Nazareth Township PA7,187$126K2.2%6.1%5%A−
712Bardmoor FL10,292$89K8.6%2.5%2%A−
713Larkspur CA12,620$140K7.0%4.4%7%A−
714Sterling MA8,358$129K6.0%4.0%8%A−
…
2,878Shiprock NM7,610$36K34.6%14.9%14%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 Bardmoor, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.

Next door

14% of Bardmoor works in a town next door

The biggest share goes to Pinellas Park (10%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Pinellas Park23 min
Bardmoor25 min
Seminole26 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownBardmoor workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Bardmoor–A−B25 min$89,400
Pinellas Park10%B−A−23 min$63,432
Seminole4%BA−26 min$75,774

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Bardmoor’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bardmoor: questions

What is the median household income in Bardmoor?

$89,400 (±$13,163) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Bardmoor?

8.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Bardmoor?

25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Bardmoor work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Petersburg (17%, 9 mi), Largo (12%, 4 mi), Pinellas Park (10%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Bardmoor walkable?

Bardmoor is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Bardmoor without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bardmoor, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Bardmoor

Bardmoor home →

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.