Bee Ridge Woman's Club · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Bee Ridge (1.3%) than in 92% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute from Bee Ridge lasts 22 minutes (Florida 28, U.S. 26). Bee Ridge grades A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 6% stay in Bee Ridge for work; outside it, Sarasota is the main destination (20%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bee Ridge and work: the main findings
Bee Ridge draws workers from far and wide
The 5,653 jobs in Bee Ridge are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 25%; the other 71% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Bee Ridge are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Bee Ridge’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bee Ridge is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #88 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($75,906, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bee Ridge could be anywhere from B to A.
Commuting out of Bee Ridge: the destinations
Where Bee Ridge clocks in
20% 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.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Bee Ridge
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bee Ridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,117 commuters (the 14% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Bee Ridge
On a workday 3,783 residents head out to work, 222 work right here, and 5,431 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Bee Ridge on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 5,653 jobs in Bee Ridge are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bee Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 4,465 → 5,653. 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 Bee Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Bee Ridge 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Bee Ridge start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bee Ridge is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #353 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below 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 4,779 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all 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
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.5% of Bee Ridge households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bee Ridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bee Ridge ranks: 761st of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 29 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 174 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 343 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
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| 759 | East Donegal Township PA | 8,780 | $109K | 5.1% | 4.5% | 6% | A− |
| 760 | Redding CT | 8,847 | $186K | 4.0% | 6.4% | 8% | A− |
| 761 | Bee Ridge FL | 10,334 | $76K | 7.2% | 1.3% | 6% | A− |
| 762 | Wilmington Island GA | 13,905 | $94K | 4.2% | 3.5% | 7% | A− |
| 763 | Mandeville LA | 12,918 | $94K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 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 Bee Ridge, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bee Ridge and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Sarasota Springs (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bee Ridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Ridge | – | A− | B | 22 min | $75,906 |
| Sarasota Springs | 1% | B+ | B+ | 23 min | $95,688 |
| South Gate Ridge | under 2% | B | B+ | 21 min | $70,469 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bee Ridge’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 Bee Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Bee Ridge?
$75,906 (±$10,121) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bee Ridge?
7.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bee Ridge?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bee Ridge work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sarasota (20%, 6 mi), South Sarasota (5%, 4 mi), Fruitville (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bee Ridge walkable?
Bee Ridge is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 12.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bee Ridge without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bee Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bee Ridge
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.