Photo: Witherpshins · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 6.3 jobs in Pinecraft for every working resident, and 1,133 people commute in
Pinecraft has 1,140 jobs; 181 of its residents have a job. Only 4% work in Pinecraft itself; outside it, Sarasota draws the most (20%, 3 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Florida 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Pinecraft, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 174 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 1,300 people are in Pinecraft on a workday afternoon, 314% more than live here.
6.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Pinecraft live
Where Pinecraft clocks in
20% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinecraft, 2013 → 2023: 884 → 1,140. 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 Pinecraft’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Pinecraft
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pinecraft workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 93 commuters (the 0% 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 Pinecraft’s workers travel
About 24% 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.
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 Pinecraft: questions
What is the median household income in Pinecraft?
$36,160 (±$3,406) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinecraft?
9.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinecraft?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pinecraft work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sarasota (20%, 3 mi), South Sarasota (6%, 4 mi), Tampa (3%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pinecraft without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pinecraft, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pinecraft
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.