Progress Village has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Home is the office for 24% of workers (Florida 16%). Employers in Progress Village report 2,586 jobs for 5,246 working residents. Jobs and income earn Progress Village B+; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Progress Village apart
Jobs in Progress Village have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Progress Village went from 1,282 in 2013 to 2,586 in 2023, +102%. The jobs ↓
The quickest commute around
Progress Village’s 27-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 31 to 35 minutes. Next door ↓
One in three of Progress Village works in Tampa
1,766 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Tampa, 8.8 miles away. That’s 17 times as many as work in Progress Village itself. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
43% of the jobs in Progress Village are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
A lot of Progress Village works from home
24% of Progress Village workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Progress Village’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Progress Village is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #152 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Progress Village’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Progress Village could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Making and building: 34% of jobs based in Progress Village
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Progress Village, 2013 → 2023: 1,282 → 2,586. 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 Progress Village’s own residents hold wherever they work.
34% of working residents work in Tampa
Where Progress Village clocks in
34% of workers
6% 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.
About 27 minutes each way, about the FL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Progress Village workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,600 commuters (the 24% 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.
In and out of Progress Village on a workday
On a workday 5,166 residents head out to work, 80 work right here, and 2,506 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,800 people are in Progress Village on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Miles to work from Progress Village
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 Progress Village walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Progress Village is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #512 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Progress Village 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 6,034 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 21% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 3.1% of Progress Village households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Progress Village’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,064th of 2,878: where Progress Village ranks among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 29 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 343 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,062 | Amherst OH | 12,974 | $91K | 6.2% | 4.8% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,063 | Twin Lakes CO | 8,030 | $96K | 9.8% | 4.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,064 | Progress Village FL | 10,450 | $89K | 7.4% | 4.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,065 | Murrells Inlet SC | 10,044 | $77K | 7.3% | 2.0% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,066 | Bound Brook NJ | 13,038 | $91K | 11.1% | 4.1% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Progress Village, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Progress Village
The biggest share goes to Palm River-Clair Mel (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Progress Village workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress Village | – | B+ | C+ | 27 min | $88,694 |
| Palm River-Clair Mel | 3% | B− | B+ | 31 min | $71,787 |
| Riverview | 3% | B+ | B− | 35 min | $100,438 |
| Gibsonton | under 2% | B− | B | 33 min | $83,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Progress Village’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 Progress Village: questions
What is the median household income in Progress Village?
$88,694 (±$18,558) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Progress Village?
7.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Progress Village?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Progress Village work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (34%, 9 mi), East Lake-Orient Park (8%, 8 mi), Brandon (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Progress Village walkable?
Progress Village is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Progress Village without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Progress Village, from the people who make the trip.
More of Progress Village
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.