Photo: JaconaFrere · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Fish Hawk earn more than those in 93% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 26% of workers (Florida 16%). 7.2% of residents are in poverty (Florida 12.6%). Fish Hawk grades B+ 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
What the numbers say about work in Fish Hawk
Jobs in Fish Hawk have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Fish Hawk went from 1,439 in 2013 to 3,788 in 2023, +163%. The jobs ↓
Fish Hawk workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (31 to 35 minutes). Time on the road ↓
A lot of Fish Hawk works from home
27% of Fish Hawk 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.
What’s behind Fish Hawk’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fish Hawk is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #139 of 638 in Florida. Household income is its strongest input ($135,271, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fish Hawk could be anywhere from B− to A.
What the 3,788 jobs in Fish Hawk are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fish Hawk, 2013 → 2023: 1,439 → 3,788. 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 Fish Hawk’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Fish Hawk, about 39 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fish Hawk workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,315 commuters (the 26% 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.
Who commutes out of Fish Hawk, and who commutes in
On a workday 10,217 residents head out to work, 416 work right here, and 3,372 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19,000 people are in Fish Hawk on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.36 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.
Where people from Fish Hawk work
Where Fish Hawk clocks in
26% of workers
7% 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 many miles Fish Hawk commutes
About 18% 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.
Few in Fish Hawk walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fish Hawk is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #492 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 11,308 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.6% of Fish Hawk households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Fish Hawk’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fish Hawk places 675th of 1,576 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 18,000 to 35,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 50 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 673 | Ramona CA | 22,634 | $107K | 6.2% | 4.1% | 14% | B+ |
| 674 | Palm City FL | 26,371 | $126K | 5.6% | 4.9% | 9% | B+ |
| 675 | Fish Hawk FL | 26,186 | $135K | 7.2% | 4.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 676 | East Haven CT | 27,925 | $95K | 7.2% | 4.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 677 | Sherwood AR | 33,620 | $81K | 9.0% | 2.9% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Fish Hawk, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Fish Hawk
The biggest share goes to Riverview (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fish Hawk workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish Hawk | – | B+ | B− | 39 min | $135,271 |
| Bloomingdale | under 2% | A− | B | 31 min | $104,547 |
| Valrico | under 2% | A− | C | 32 min | $104,839 |
| Riverview | 3% | B+ | B− | 35 min | $100,438 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fish Hawk’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 Fish Hawk: questions
What is the median household income in Fish Hawk?
$135,271 (±$14,859) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fish Hawk?
7.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fish Hawk?
39 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fish Hawk work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (26%, 18 mi), Brandon (7%, 8 mi), East Lake-Orient Park (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fish Hawk walkable?
Fish Hawk is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fish Hawk without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fish Hawk, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fish Hawk
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.