Egbert Reasoner House · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0At 9.0%, unemployment in Samoset is higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.4 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 31.0 in Miami. The two grades for Samoset are C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Measured by household income, Samoset is behind 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Samoset
Few Samoset workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Samoset makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Samoset are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Samoset residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Samoset has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Samoset went from 643 in 2013 to 868 in 2023, +35%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Samoset’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Samoset is better than 18% of U.S. towns, #580 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Samoset’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Samoset could be anywhere from D to B−.
Getting to work from Samoset 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 Samoset workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,861 commuters (the 3% 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.
Making and building: 38% of jobs based in Samoset
868 jobs are based in Samoset.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Samoset, 2013 → 2023: 643 → 868. 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 Samoset’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Samoset for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,947 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 852 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Samoset on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.44 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
15% of working residents work in Bradenton
Where Samoset clocks in
15% of workers
7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Samoset
About 21% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Samoset
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Samoset is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #204 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% 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 1,927 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 47% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% 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). 5.2% of Samoset households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Samoset’s commuters take a bus or train.
Samoset places 3,040th of 3,582 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 143 | Vineyards FL | 3,849 | $131K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 190 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,038 | Whiteville NC | 4,765 | $31K | 20.7% | 3.2% | 27% | C− |
| 3,039 | Perry Township IN | 5,067 | $65K | 22.0% | 4.9% | 18% | C− |
| 3,040 | Samoset FL | 5,284 | $52K | 20.9% | 9.0% | 1% | C− |
| 3,041 | Haughton LA | 4,828 | $52K | 15.6% | 7.5% | 4% | C− |
| 3,042 | Rutherfordton NC | 3,723 | $59K | 12.7% | 7.3% | 10% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | 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 Samoset, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Samoset and its neighbors: 15% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Samoset workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samoset | – | C− | A− | 25 min | $51,976 |
| Bradenton | 15% | C | A− | 25 min | $60,822 |
| West Samoset | under 2% | C | A | 25 min | $54,352 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bradenton. Darker towns draw more of Samoset’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 Samoset: questions
What is the median household income in Samoset?
$51,976 (±$16,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Samoset?
20.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Samoset?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Samoset work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bradenton (15%, 2 mi), Sarasota (7%, 10 mi), South Bradenton (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Samoset walkable?
Samoset is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Samoset without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 47% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Samoset, from the people who make the trip.
More of Samoset
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.