A job hub: Oldsmar has 2.0 jobs per working resident, and 12,580 people come in to work
Employers in Oldsmar report 13,212 jobs; 6,676 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Oldsmar are B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in ten work in Oldsmar itself; outside it, Tampa draws the most (13%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Oldsmar in brief
Oldsmar is where the jobs are
Oldsmar has 13,212 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 21,000 people are in town, 45% more than the 15,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Oldsmar draws workers from far and wide
The 13,212 jobs in Oldsmar are filled from a wide area. Oldsmar’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 33%; the other 62% 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.
Inside Oldsmar’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oldsmar is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #161 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Oldsmar’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oldsmar could be anywhere from B− to A.
How many people are in Oldsmar by day
On a workday 6,044 residents head out to work and 632 work right here.
About 21,000 people are in Oldsmar on a workday afternoon, 45% more 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 into Oldsmar
Where Oldsmar clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
What Oldsmar’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oldsmar, 2013 → 2023: 11,543 → 13,212. 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 Oldsmar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Oldsmar’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oldsmar workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,823 commuters (the 23% 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 Oldsmar’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.
Getting around Oldsmar: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oldsmar is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #441 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% 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 7,541 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 35% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 12% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 2.4% of Oldsmar households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oldsmar’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000, Oldsmar ranks 992nd of 2,362 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 990 | Elizabethtown PA | 11,961 | $76K | 7.6% | 3.4% | 7% | B+ |
| 991 | Steamboat Springs CO | 13,557 | $105K | 4.7% | 3.0% | 60% | B+ |
| 992 | Oldsmar FL | 14,521 | $88K | 8.6% | 4.5% | 9% | B+ |
| 993 | Cortland Township IL | 11,644 | $99K | 6.0% | 5.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 994 | Lawrenceburg Township IN | 11,398 | $73K | 10.0% | 1.4% | 29% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Oldsmar, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Oldsmar
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Oldsmar’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 Oldsmar: questions
What is the median household income in Oldsmar?
$88,333 (±$15,719) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oldsmar?
8.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oldsmar?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oldsmar work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (13%, 13 mi), Clearwater (10%, 8 mi), Largo (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oldsmar walkable?
Oldsmar is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oldsmar without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 12% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oldsmar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oldsmar
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.