Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 3.3 jobs in Bayport for every working resident, and 62 people commute in
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Florida as a whole has 16%. Bayport has 62 jobs for 19 working residents. Hardly any work in Bayport; the top destination outside it is Tampa (11%, 41 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Bayport: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 19 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 230 people are in Bayport on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
3.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where the people who work in Bayport live
Where Bayport clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
In Bayport, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bayport, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 62. 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 Bayport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bayport
of Bayport workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 commuters (the 0% 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.
How far it is to work from Bayport
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.
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 Bayport: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bayport?
91.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bayport work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (11%, 41 mi), North Weeki Wachee (11%, 6 mi), Town 'n' Country (11%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bayport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bayport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bayport
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.