Most of Land O' Lakes commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Land O' Lakes is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns. 9,013 jobs are based in Land O' Lakes for 16,755 working residents. Land O' Lakes grades B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Land O' Lakes apart on work
Land O' Lakes draws workers from far and wide
The 9,013 jobs in Land O' Lakes are filled from a wide area. Land O' Lakes’ own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 24%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Land O' Lakes has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Land O' Lakes went from 6,578 in 2014 to 9,013 in 2024, +37%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Land O' Lakes: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Land O' Lakes is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #205 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Land O' Lakes’ grade up ($98,568, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Land O' Lakes could be anywhere from B− to A−.
24% of working residents work in Tampa
Where Land O' Lakes clocks in
24% 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.
The kinds of work in Land O' Lakes
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Land O' Lakes, 2014 → 2024: 6,578 → 9,013. 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 Land O' Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Land O' Lakes by day and by night
On a workday 15,955 residents head out to work, 800 work right here, and 8,213 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31,000 people are in Land O' Lakes on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Land O' Lakes’ commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Land O' Lakes workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,447 commuters (the 21% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Land O' Lakes
About 20% 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.
Most trips from Land O' Lakes start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Land O' Lakes is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #490 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% 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 19,518 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 6% 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 2.5% of Land O' Lakes households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Land O' Lakes’ commuters take a bus or train.
604th of 1,135: where Land O' Lakes ranks among U.S. towns of 27,000 to 53,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 64 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 5% | A |
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| 149 | Lutz FL | 27,106 | $120K | 6.1% | 2.6% | 5% | A |
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| 602 | Lathrop CA | 42,783 | $126K | 7.1% | 9.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 603 | Temple Terrace FL | 27,075 | $69K | 9.0% | 3.7% | 6% | B+ |
| 604 | Land O' Lakes FL | 38,910 | $99K | 8.3% | 5.5% | 5% | B+ |
| 605 | Rochester NH | 33,716 | $81K | 8.3% | 2.7% | 19% | B+ |
| 606 | Marlborough MA | 42,772 | $92K | 9.6% | 5.5% | 16% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,135 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Land O' Lakes, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Land O' Lakes
The biggest share goes to Wesley Chapel (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Land O' Lakes workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land O' Lakes | – | B+ | B− | 31 min | $98,568 |
| Lutz | 2% | A | C+ | 32 min | $120,031 |
| Wesley Chapel | 4% | B+ | C+ | 31 min | $107,504 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Land O' Lakes’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 Land O' Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Land O' Lakes?
$98,568 (±$5,792) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Land O' Lakes?
8.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Land O' Lakes?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Land O' Lakes work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (24%, 17 mi), East Lake-Orient Park (4%, 15 mi), Wesley Chapel (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Land O' Lakes walkable?
Land O' Lakes is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Land O' Lakes without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Land O' Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Land O' Lakes
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.