Photo: Piperpet · CC BY-SA 4.0Gibsonton has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
3,557 jobs are based in Gibsonton for 8,770 working residents. Gibsonton grades B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 3% work in Gibsonton itself; outside it, Tampa draws the most (25%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Gibsonton: the figures worth knowing
Jobs in Gibsonton have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Gibsonton went from 1,315 in 2013 to 3,557 in 2023, +170%. The jobs ↓
Gibsonton makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Gibsonton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Gibsonton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 13%. The jobs ↓
Gibsonton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Gibsonton gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gibsonton is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #365 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Gibsonton’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gibsonton could be anywhere from C to B+.
Gibsonton makes things: 47% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gibsonton, 2013 → 2023: 1,315 → 3,557. 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 Gibsonton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gibsonton workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,035 commuters (the 14% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Gibsonton
On a workday 8,492 residents head out to work, 278 work right here, and 3,279 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Gibsonton on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer 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.
Where the trip to work from Gibsonton ends
Where Gibsonton clocks in
25% of workers
5% 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 Gibsonton goes to work
About 17% 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.
Getting around Gibsonton: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gibsonton is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #376 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Gibsonton 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 9,378 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 33% 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 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 3.1% of Gibsonton households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Gibsonton’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Gibsonton ranks: 1,267th of 1,915 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,265 | West Mifflin PA | 18,707 | $77K | 11.2% | 8.2% | 10% | B− |
| 1,266 | Springfield Township OH | 14,240 | $66K | 8.5% | 7.0% | 5% | B− |
| 1,267 | Gibsonton FL | 18,754 | $84K | 17.2% | 5.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,268 | South Lake Tahoe CA | 21,115 | $82K | 9.3% | 3.6% | 37% | B− |
| 1,269 | Seymour IN | 22,450 | $64K | 15.5% | 2.3% | 38% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Gibsonton, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Gibsonton and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Riverview (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gibsonton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibsonton | – | B− | B | 33 min | $83,875 |
| Riverview | 5% | B+ | B− | 35 min | $100,438 |
| Apollo Beach | under 2% | A− | B− | 35 min | $127,617 |
| Progress Village | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 27 min | $88,694 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gibsonton’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 Gibsonton: questions
What is the median household income in Gibsonton?
$83,875 (±$11,106) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gibsonton?
17.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gibsonton?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gibsonton work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (25%, 11 mi), East Lake-Orient Park (6%, 12 mi), Brandon (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gibsonton walkable?
Gibsonton is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gibsonton without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gibsonton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gibsonton
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.