Households in Bayshore Gardens have lower incomes than those in 93% of U.S. towns
Bayshore Gardens grades C− for jobs and income and A for walkability. Below the poverty line: 15.0% of residents; Florida has 12.6%. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.2 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 31.0 in Miami.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bayshore Gardens and work: the main findings
Few Bayshore Gardens workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Bayshore Gardens empties out on a workday
About 12,000 people are in Bayshore Gardens on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 18,000 who live here: 8,200 head out to work and 2,500 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Bayshore Gardens’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bayshore Gardens is better than 18% of U.S. towns, #578 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Bayshore Gardens’ grade up (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (11.4%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bayshore Gardens could be anywhere from D to C.
From Bayshore Gardens, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bayshore Gardens workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,103 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who works in Bayshore Gardens, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 8,242 residents head out to work, 232 work right here, and 2,490 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Bayshore Gardens on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.32 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 2024, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Bradenton
Where Bayshore Gardens clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
What work there is in Bayshore Gardens: 2,722 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bayshore Gardens, 2014 → 2024: 2,952 → 2,722. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bayshore Gardens’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Bayshore Gardens goes to work
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Bayshore Gardens
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bayshore Gardens is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #98 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,403 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 97% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 19% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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). 8.3% of Bayshore Gardens households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bayshore Gardens’ commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 13,000 to 24,000, and where Bayshore Gardens sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 63 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,661 | Johnson City NY | 14,580 | $56K | 19.6% | 11.4% | 15% | C− |
| 1,662 | Chickasha OK | 17,313 | $54K | 17.5% | 6.9% | 37% | C− |
| 1,663 | Bayshore Gardens FL | 18,131 | $45K | 15.0% | 11.4% | 3% | C− |
| 1,664 | Bemidji MN | 15,770 | $55K | 21.3% | 5.2% | 55% | C− |
| 1,665 | Big Spring TX | 22,290 | $68K | 17.1% | 6.6% | 30% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,822 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Bayshore Gardens, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How Bayshore Gardens compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bayshore Gardens workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Gardens | – | C− | A | 24 min | $44,958 |
| Whitfield | under 2% | B | B+ | 27 min | $98,348 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bayshore Gardens’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 2024, 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 Bayshore Gardens: questions
What is the median household income in Bayshore Gardens?
$44,958 (±$3,505) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bayshore Gardens?
15.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bayshore Gardens?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bayshore Gardens work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bradenton (10%, 4 mi), Sarasota (8%, 7 mi), Tampa (4%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bayshore Gardens walkable?
Bayshore Gardens is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bayshore Gardens without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 19% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bayshore Gardens, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bayshore Gardens
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.