Most of Kensington Park commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Kensington Park report 184 jobs, and 1,725 of its residents work somewhere. Kensington Park grades A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. 6% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Kensington Park
Kensington Park is a place people come home to
There are 184 jobs based in Kensington Park, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kensington Park has about 2,400 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Kensington Park residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Kensington Park’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kensington Park is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #131 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kensington Park could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Kensington Park on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,690 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Kensington Park on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Short hops and long hauls from Kensington Park
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
22% of working residents work in Sarasota
Where Kensington Park clocks in
22% 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.
Kensington Park works in goods: 30% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kensington Park, 2014 → 2024: 134 → 184. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kensington Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Kensington Park: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kensington Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,051 commuters (the 6% 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.
Driving is how Kensington Park gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kensington Park is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #357 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 2,171 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, 56% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 2.1% of Kensington Park households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kensington Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,364 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,300, Kensington Park comes 1,078th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,076 | Ferrysburg MI | 2,955 | $70K | 8.5% | 0.8% | 3% | A− |
| 1,077 | Clever MO | 3,143 | $78K | 5.9% | 2.1% | 4% | A− |
| 1,078 | Kensington Park FL | 3,916 | $90K | 9.3% | 3.2% | 2% | A− |
| 1,079 | Centreville MD | 4,782 | $90K | 5.4% | 2.2% | 11% | A− |
| 1,080 | Elm Grove Township IL | 2,938 | $104K | 10.4% | 2.4% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,364 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Kensington Park, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Kensington Park and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kensington Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington Park | – | A− | B | 25 min | $90,000 |
| The Meadows | under 2% | B+ | A− | 23 min | $69,774 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kensington Park’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 2024, 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 Kensington Park: questions
What is the median household income in Kensington Park?
$90,000 (±$19,059) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kensington Park?
9.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kensington Park?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kensington Park work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sarasota (22%, 3 mi), Fruitville (4%, 3 mi), South Sarasota (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kensington Park walkable?
Kensington Park is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 14.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kensington Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 56% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kensington Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kensington Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.