Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Ellenton has higher unemployment (5.0%) than 61% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.2 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 31.0 in Miami. Jobs and income earn Ellenton B; getting around on foot earns it A. 5% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ellenton, in a few figures
Jobs in Ellenton have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Ellenton went from 896 in 2013 to 3,046 in 2023, +240%. The jobs ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Ellenton averages 30 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (25 to 27 minutes). Next door ↓
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.
How Ellenton earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ellenton is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #280 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Ellenton’s grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ellenton could be anywhere from C to A.
Services make up most of the work in Ellenton
3,046 jobs are based in Ellenton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellenton, 2013 → 2023: 896 → 3,046. 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 Ellenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Ellenton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,081 residents head out to work, 148 work right here, and 2,898 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Ellenton on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 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.
14% of working residents work in Bradenton
Where Ellenton clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
About 30 minutes each way for Ellenton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellenton workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,874 commuters (the 5% 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 many miles Ellenton commutes
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Ellenton
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ellenton is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns, #64 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Ellenton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,973 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 82% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 38% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% 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). 2.0% of Ellenton households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ellenton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900, Ellenton ranks 1,707th of 3,627 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 142 | Vineyards FL | 3,849 | $131K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 202 | Highland Beach FL | 4,328 | $145K | 2.3% | 3.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,705 | Poland ME | 6,098 | $86K | 16.6% | 2.3% | 8% | B |
| 1,706 | Berrien Township MI | 4,787 | $79K | 14.4% | 2.4% | 4% | B |
| 1,707 | Ellenton FL | 5,133 | $71K | 7.2% | 5.0% | 7% | B |
| 1,708 | West Tisbury MA | 3,645 | $183K | 3.6% | 6.1% | 22% | B |
| 1,709 | Walpole NH | 3,706 | $83K | 11.7% | 1.1% | 17% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Ellenton, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Ellenton and its neighbors: 16% work next door
The biggest share goes to Bradenton (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Ellenton’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 Ellenton: questions
What is the median household income in Ellenton?
$71,402 (±$8,222) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellenton?
7.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellenton?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ellenton work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bradenton (14%, 4 mi), Sarasota (7%, 13 mi), St. Petersburg (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ellenton walkable?
Ellenton is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ellenton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 38% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ellenton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellenton
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.