Most of Plantation commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
636 jobs are based in Plantation, and 1,253 of its residents work somewhere. Plantation grades B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 25% of workers (Florida 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Plantation and work: the main findings
Many jobs in Plantation pay little
40% of the jobs based in Plantation pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Plantation has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Plantation went from 415 in 2013 to 636 in 2023, +53%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
A lot of Plantation works from home
25% of Plantation workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Plantation are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
How Plantation earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Plantation is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #196 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Plantation’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Plantation could be anywhere from B− to A−.
In Plantation, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plantation, 2013 → 2023: 415 → 636. 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 Plantation’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Plantation works
About 39% 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.
About 22 minutes each way for Plantation’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plantation workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 728 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.
A workday in Plantation: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,232 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 615 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Plantation on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
9% of working residents work in Venice
Where Plantation clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
Most trips from Plantation start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Plantation is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #426 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Plantation 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 970 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 24% 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 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 4.8% of Plantation households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Plantation’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Plantation is 1,302nd of 3,862 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,300 | Wood Village OR | 4,706 | $85K | 16.6% | 2.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,301 | Sunset UT | 5,549 | $76K | 10.5% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,302 | Plantation FL | 4,531 | $78K | 5.6% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,303 | Jefferson Township IN | 6,002 | $74K | 7.0% | 3.0% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,304 | St. George Township KS | 5,056 | $89K | 7.4% | 2.2% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Plantation, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Plantation: questions
What is the median household income in Plantation?
$78,404 (±$8,004) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plantation?
5.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plantation?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plantation work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Venice (9%, 5 mi), Sarasota (9%, 22 mi), South Sarasota (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Plantation walkable?
Plantation is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Plantation without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Plantation, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plantation
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.