Greenbriar has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 6.0 in Tampa. There are 170 jobs in Greenbriar for 1,219 working residents. For jobs and income Greenbriar is better than 68% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Greenbriar
Greenbriar is a place people come home to
There are 170 jobs based in Greenbriar, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Greenbriar has about 1,200 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Greenbriar
28% of Greenbriar workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Greenbriar and Clearwater trade workers both ways
Clearwater is the top workplace for Greenbriar residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Greenbriar come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Greenbriar
Job access by car holds Greenbriar’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($73,299, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greenbriar could be anywhere from C to A+.
In and out of Greenbriar on a workday
On a workday 1,213 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Greenbriar on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
How long Greenbriar spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenbriar workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 759 commuters (the 28% 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.
17% of working residents work in Clearwater
Where Greenbriar clocks in
17% of workers
12% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenbriar, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 170. 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 Greenbriar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Greenbriar’s workers travel
About 15% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Greenbriar
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above 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 1,059 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 44% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% 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). 2.7% of Greenbriar households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenbriar’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Greenbriar is 1,316th among 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,314 | Baroda Township MI | 2,818 | $75K | 4.4% | 3.4% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,315 | Tainter WI | 2,690 | $103K | 7.2% | 3.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,316 | Greenbriar FL | 2,283 | $73K | 9.6% | 3.6% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,317 | Galena Township IN | 1,918 | $86K | 7.5% | 3.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,318 | Fairchild AFB WA | 2,931 | $70K | 3.3% | 11.0% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Greenbriar, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bordering towns draw 24% of Greenbriar’s workers
The biggest share goes to Clearwater (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenbriar workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenbriar | – | B+ | A | 24 min | $73,299 |
| Dunedin | 7% | B | A− | 25 min | $74,477 |
| Clearwater | 17% | B− | A+ | 23 min | $66,381 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greenbriar’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 Greenbriar: questions
What is the median household income in Greenbriar?
$73,299 (±$19,434) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenbriar?
9.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenbriar?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenbriar work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clearwater (17%, 3 mi), Largo (12%, 8 mi), Tampa (9%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greenbriar walkable?
Greenbriar is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenbriar without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 44% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenbriar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenbriar
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.