Photo: Rino Landa · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of North Port works elsewhere
10,770 jobs are based in North Port, against 29,503 working residents. Jobs and income earn North Port B; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in ten work in North Port itself; outside it, Port Charlotte draws the most (8%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets North Port apart on work
Jobs in North Port have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in North Port went from 5,231 in 2013 to 10,770 in 2023, +106%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates North Port’s commute
The biggest draw, Port Charlotte, gets only 8% of working residents, and 53% work outside the top ten towns entirely. North Port residents fan out across the region. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in North Port
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, North Port is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #291 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate holds North Port’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, North Port could be anywhere from B− to B+.
What North Port’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Port, 2013 → 2023: 5,231 → 10,770. 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 North Port’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of North Port: the destinations
Where North Port clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Who works in North Port, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 26,265 residents head out to work, 3,238 work right here, and 7,532 people come in from elsewhere.
About 78,000 people are in North Port on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
The daily trip from North Port: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Port workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31,964 commuters (the 12% 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.
How far North Port goes to work
About 27% 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.
North Port is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, North Port is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #408 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% 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 36,126 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 14% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 3% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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 North Port households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of North Port’s commuters take a bus or train.
North Port next to U.S. towns of 68,000 to 130,000: 255th of 444 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | Bethesda MD | 69,397 | $192K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Doral FL | 81,634 | $94K | 10.3% | 3.3% | 21% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Plantation FL | 99,183 | $93K | 10.0% | 4.0% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 253 | Lynn MA | 104,236 | $75K | 13.8% | 5.0% | 16% | B |
| 254 | Baldwin Park CA | 68,880 | $81K | 13.5% | 6.0% | 7% | B |
| 255 | North Port FL | 96,551 | $84K | 6.7% | 4.9% | 11% | B |
| 256 | Santa Barbara CA | 86,422 | $106K | 14.0% | 5.8% | 43% | B |
| 257 | Pittsburg CA | 77,542 | $100K | 11.2% | 7.6% | 9% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 444 | Flint MI | 79,306 | $38K | 34.1% | 14.8% | 20% | 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 North Port, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How North Port compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Englewood (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | North Port workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Port | – | B | B | 29 min | $84,049 |
| Warm Mineral Springs | under 2% | C− | A | 25 min | $53,668 |
| Englewood | 2% | C | B | 23 min | $69,222 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of North Port’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 North Port: questions
What is the median household income in North Port?
$84,049 (±$3,467) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Port?
6.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Port?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Port work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Port Charlotte (8%, 7 mi), Sarasota (8%, 29 mi), Venice (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is North Port walkable?
North Port is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around North Port without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 3% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Port, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Port
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.