Dade City North has some of the lowest household incomes of any U.S. town
41.4% of residents live below the poverty line (Florida 12.6%). Household incomes here are among the lowest in the country. Dade City North grades D for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Dade City North in brief
Dade City North makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Dade City North are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Dade City North residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Few Dade City North workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Dade City North’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Dade City North is Tampa, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (158) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Dade City North than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Dade City North fell from 611 in 2013 to 402 in 2023, −34%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Dade City North workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical 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.
Where Dade City North’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dade City North is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #610 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Dade City North’s grade up (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dade City North could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Dade City North makes things: 50% of its jobs are in goods
402 jobs are based in Dade City North.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dade City North, 2013 → 2023: 611 → 402. 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 Dade City North’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Dade City North
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dade City North workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,186 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 Dade City North’s workers travel
About 17% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Dade City North
On a workday 1,433 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Dade City North on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.28 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.
11% of working residents work in Tampa
Where Dade City North clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
For most of Dade City North, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dade City North is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #456 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,186 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 88% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 32% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 1.1% of Dade City North households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dade City North’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800, Dade City North ranks 4,145th of 4,703 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,143 | North Lakeport CA | 2,995 | $64K | 21.5% | 6.8% | 5% | D |
| 4,144 | North Fork CA | 2,999 | $72K | 15.1% | 11.6% | 6% | D |
| 4,145 | Dade City North FL | 2,803 | $32K | 41.4% | 5.1% | 1% | D |
| 4,146 | Crystal River FL | 3,618 | $54K | 17.7% | 6.8% | 10% | D |
| 4,147 | Carthage NY | 3,196 | $58K | 25.8% | 5.6% | 16% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Dade City North, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Dade City North
The biggest share goes to Dade City (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dade City North workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dade City North | – | D | B− | 34 min | $32,277 |
| Dade City | 8% | C | B | 35 min | $70,107 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dade City North’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 Dade City North: questions
What is the median household income in Dade City North?
$32,277 (±$30,656) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dade City North?
41.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dade City North?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dade City North work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (11%, 34 mi), Dade City (8%, 3 mi), Zephyrhills (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dade City North walkable?
Dade City North is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 12.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dade City North without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 32% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dade City North, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dade City North
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.