Photo: Bleau420 · CC BY-SA 4.0Lutz has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Lutz grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. There are 6,083 jobs in Lutz, against 10,891 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lutz, in brief
A lot of Lutz works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Lutz: Tampa (31%), University (4%) and Lake Magdalene (2%). Next door ↓
Lutz has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Lutz went from 3,790 in 2013 to 6,083 in 2023, +61%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Lutz
25% of Lutz workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Lutz draws workers from far and wide
The 6,083 jobs in Lutz are filled from a wide area. Lutz’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 31%; the other 60% come from many towns beyond those. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Lutz
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lutz is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #26 of 638 in Florida. Household income is its strongest input ($120,031, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%). 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, Lutz could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The kinds of work in Lutz
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lutz, 2013 → 2023: 3,790 → 6,083. 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 Lutz’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Lutz: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lutz workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,912 commuters (the 25% 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.
31% of working residents work in Tampa
Where Lutz clocks in
31% 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.
Lutz by day and by night
On a workday 10,356 residents head out to work, 535 work right here, and 5,548 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Lutz on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Lutz’s commute, mile by mile
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 Lutz walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lutz is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #515 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Lutz 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 13,181 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 0.3% of Lutz households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Lutz’s commuters take a bus or train.
201st of 1,509: where Lutz ranks among U.S. towns of 19,000 to 37,000
| # | 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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| 84 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
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| 99 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
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| 113 | Palmetto Bay FL | 24,886 | $142K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 199 | Eagle ID | 34,658 | $123K | 6.1% | 2.0% | 14% | A |
| 200 | Plainsboro Township NJ | 24,349 | $132K | 4.2% | 4.0% | 9% | A |
| 201 | Lutz FL | 27,106 | $120K | 6.1% | 2.6% | 5% | A |
| 202 | Ewa Gentry HI | 26,563 | $136K | 2.9% | 3.6% | <1% | A |
| 203 | Centerton AR | 27,176 | $116K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,509 | 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 Lutz, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Lutz and its neighbors: 37% work next door
The biggest share goes to Tampa (31%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lutz workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutz | – | A | C+ | 32 min | $120,031 |
| Tampa | 31% | B− | A | 25 min | $75,475 |
| Cheval | under 2% | A | C+ | 28 min | $101,907 |
| Lake Magdalene | 2% | B | B | 27 min | $75,594 |
| University | 4% | C− | A+ | 28 min | $37,207 |
| Land O' Lakes | under 2% | B+ | B− | 31 min | $98,568 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lutz’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 Lutz: questions
What is the median household income in Lutz?
$120,031 (±$14,321) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lutz?
6.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lutz?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lutz work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (31%, 12 mi), East Lake-Orient Park (4%, 11 mi), University (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lutz walkable?
Lutz is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lutz without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lutz, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lutz
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.