A job hub: Punta Rassa has 7.0 jobs per working resident, and 1,514 people come in to work
For 35% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Florida. Employers in Punta Rassa report 1,523 jobs, against 218 working residents. Jobs and income earn Punta Rassa B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Punta Rassa
Punta Rassa has far more jobs than workers
Punta Rassa has 1,523 jobs, 7.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,600 people are in town, 98% more than the 1,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
60% 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 ↓
Nearly all the work in Punta Rassa is services
100% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 0% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
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; with 218 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Punta Rassa’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Punta Rassa is better than 63% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($91,000, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (8.3%) is left out: Punta Rassa’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Punta Rassa could be anywhere from C+ to A.
In and out of Punta Rassa on a workday
On a workday 209 residents head out to work and 9 work right here.
About 2,600 people are in Punta Rassa on a workday afternoon, 98% 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 commute from Punta Rassa, by distance
About 60% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Punta Rassa
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Punta Rassa, 2013 → 2023: 1,420 → 1,523. 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 Punta Rassa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Punta Rassa: where workers come from
Where Punta Rassa clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
The daily trip from Punta Rassa: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Punta Rassa workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 commuters (the 35% 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.
Out of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Punta Rassa comes 1,236th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Fisher Island FL | 1,026 | $250K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Golden Beach FL | 1,029 | $236K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,234 | Oskaloosa KS | 1,060 | $84K | 5.7% | 2.2% | 7% | B |
| 1,235 | Hoyleton Township IL | 1,026 | $100K | 7.0% | 5.5% | 8% | B |
| 1,236 | Punta Rassa FL | 1,335 | $91K | 8.9% | 8.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,237 | Barton NM | 1,302 | $82K | 6.6% | 5.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,238 | Blue Grass IA | 1,703 | $93K | 6.4% | 6.0% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Punta Rassa, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Punta Rassa
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Punta Rassa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punta Rassa | – | B | — | 32 min | $91,000 |
| Iona | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 26 min | $66,827 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Punta Rassa’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 Punta Rassa: questions
What is the median household income in Punta Rassa?
$91,000 (±$18,834) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Punta Rassa?
8.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Punta Rassa?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Punta Rassa work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Myers (6%, 13 mi), Tampa (4%, 106 mi), Jacksonville (3%, 266 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Punta Rassa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Punta Rassa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Punta Rassa
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.