Dade City Woman's Club · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5At 8.1%, unemployment in Dade City is higher than in 88% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Dade City are C for jobs and income and B for walkability. For 8% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Florida. About one in ten stay in Dade City for work; outside it, Tampa is the main destination (13%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Dade City: the gist
Dade City’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Dade City is Tampa, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (455) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Dade City workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 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.
Why Dade City gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dade City is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #515 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Dade City’s grade up (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dade City could be anywhere from C− to B.
Dade City’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
Dade City’s commute takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dade City workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,688 commuters (the 8% 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.
In and out of Dade City on a workday
On a workday 3,321 residents head out to work, 306 work right here, and 4,256 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 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.
Where Dade City’s working residents head each day
Where Dade City clocks in
13% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Dade City
4,562 jobs are based in Dade City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dade City, 2013 → 2023: 3,806 → 4,562. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Dade City, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dade City is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #409 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 2,912 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 64% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 12.3% of Dade City households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dade City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dade City places 2,262nd of 2,878 on jobs and income among 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 343 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,260 | Valley AL | 10,294 | $52K | 14.9% | 3.5% | 8% | C |
| 2,261 | Globe AZ | 7,191 | $69K | 16.4% | 3.0% | 30% | C |
| 2,262 | Dade City FL | 10,173 | $70K | 11.2% | 8.1% | 8% | C |
| 2,263 | Lake Station IN | 12,977 | $60K | 15.4% | 16.3% | 4% | C |
| 2,264 | Dunn NC | 8,814 | $47K | 19.7% | 3.2% | 12% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Dade City, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Around Dade City: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dade City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dade City | – | C | B | 35 min | $70,107 |
| Dade City North | under 2% | D | B− | 34 min | $32,277 |
| Pasadena Hills | under 2% | A− | C | 35 min | $84,821 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dade City’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: questions
What is the median household income in Dade City?
$70,107 (±$8,308) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dade City?
11.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dade City?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dade City work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (13%, 32 mi), Zephyrhills (6%, 8 mi), Lakeland (3%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dade City walkable?
Dade City is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dade City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dade City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dade City
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.