Photo: OhanaUnitedTalk page · CC BY-SA 4.0Feather Sound has 2.7 jobs for every working resident: 4,585 people commute in to work
There are 4,641 jobs in Feather Sound, against 1,706 working residents. The two grades for Feather Sound are B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. 25% of workers have no commute at all; Florida has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Feather Sound: the gist
Feather Sound is where the jobs are
Feather Sound has 4,641 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,400 people are in town, 84% more than the 3,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Feather Sound has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Feather Sound went from 2,466 in 2013 to 4,641 in 2023, +88%. The jobs ↓
Feather Sound and St. Petersburg trade workers both ways
St. Petersburg is the top workplace for Feather Sound residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Feather Sound come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Feather Sound works from home
25% of Feather Sound workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Feather Sound
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Feather Sound is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #165 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Feather Sound’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Feather Sound could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
A workday in Feather Sound: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,650 residents head out to work and 56 work right here.
About 6,400 people are in Feather Sound on a workday afternoon, 84% more than live here.
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 Feather Sound’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Feather Sound, 2013 → 2023: 2,466 → 4,641. 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 Feather Sound’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Feather Sound: where workers come from
Where Feather Sound clocks in
23% of workers
18% of workers
8% 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 24 minutes in Feather Sound
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Feather Sound workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,442 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.
How far Feather Sound goes to work
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 Feather Sound, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Feather Sound is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #378 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% 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 1,924 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 38% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 82% 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). 1.4% of Feather Sound households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Feather Sound’s commuters take a bus or train.
Feather Sound places 1,247th of 4,535 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,245 | Central City NE | 3,184 | $73K | 4.1% | 0.0% | 31% | B+ |
| 1,246 | Vernon Township MI | 4,296 | $64K | 7.3% | 0.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,247 | Feather Sound FL | 3,476 | $88K | 14.7% | 2.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,248 | Shackle Island TN | 4,404 | $130K | 6.7% | 7.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,249 | Hallowell ME | 2,624 | $68K | 7.8% | 0.3% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | 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 Feather Sound, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 23% of Feather Sound
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Feather Sound workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feather Sound | – | B+ | B | 24 min | $87,986 |
| St. Petersburg | 23% | B | A | 26 min | $75,192 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. Petersburg. Darker towns draw more of Feather Sound’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 Feather Sound: questions
What is the median household income in Feather Sound?
$87,986 (±$21,783) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Feather Sound?
14.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Feather Sound?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Feather Sound work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Petersburg (23%, 10 mi), Tampa (18%, 14 mi), Largo (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Feather Sound walkable?
Feather Sound is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Feather Sound without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Feather Sound, from the people who make the trip.
More of Feather Sound
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.