Photo: Roman Eugeniusz · CC BY-SA 3.0Dunedin has higher unemployment (5.1%) than 63% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 6.0 in Tampa. Jobs and income earn Dunedin B; getting around on foot earns it A−. About one in ten work in Dunedin itself; outside it, Clearwater draws the most (13%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Dunedin
A lot of Dunedin works from home
25% of Dunedin workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Dunedin has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Dunedin went from 8,468 in 2013 to 11,910 in 2023, +41%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Dunedin: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dunedin is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #229 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Dunedin’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dunedin could be anywhere from B− to A−.
How long Dunedin spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dunedin workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,861 commuters (the 25% 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.
What the 11,910 jobs in Dunedin are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dunedin, 2013 → 2023: 8,468 → 11,910. 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 Dunedin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dunedin on a workday afternoon
On a workday 13,604 residents head out to work, 1,616 work right here, and 10,294 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 (0.78 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 the trip to work from Dunedin ends
Where Dunedin clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
How far it is to work from Dunedin
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.
In Dunedin, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dunedin is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #173 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.3% 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 15,847 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 79% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 25% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% 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). 5.7% of Dunedin households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Dunedin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dunedin next to U.S. towns of 25,000 to 48,000: 700th of 1,219 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Keystone FL | 25,858 | $161K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 698 | Collinsville Township IL | 35,276 | $78K | 9.8% | 4.7% | 13% | B |
| 699 | Orchards WA | 29,438 | $100K | 10.5% | 5.6% | 3% | B |
| 700 | Dunedin FL | 35,227 | $74K | 8.2% | 5.1% | 11% | B |
| 701 | Concord NH | 44,597 | $85K | 8.9% | 4.1% | 36% | B |
| 702 | Owasso OK | 43,117 | $79K | 7.3% | 5.4% | 14% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,219 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Dunedin, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns next door employ 16% of Dunedin
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dunedin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunedin | – | B | A− | 25 min | $74,477 |
| Clearwater | 13% | B− | A+ | 23 min | $66,381 |
| Palm Harbor | 3% | B+ | B+ | 27 min | $78,935 |
| Greenbriar | under 2% | B+ | A | 24 min | $73,299 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Clearwater. Darker towns draw more of Dunedin’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 Dunedin: questions
What is the median household income in Dunedin?
$74,477 (±$6,071) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dunedin?
8.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dunedin?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dunedin work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clearwater (13%, 4 mi), Tampa (10%, 20 mi), Largo (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dunedin walkable?
Dunedin is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dunedin without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 25% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dunedin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dunedin
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.