With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Shady Hills works elsewhere
There are 1,765 jobs in Shady Hills, and 5,020 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Shady Hills are C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 4% stay in Shady Hills for work; outside it, Tampa is the main destination (10%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Shady Hills stands out on work
Jobs in Shady Hills have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Shady Hills went from 778 in 2014 to 1,765 in 2024, +127%. The jobs ↓
Shady Hills’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Shady Hills is Tampa, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (522) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Shady Hills workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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 Shady Hills’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Shady Hills is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #446 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Shady Hills’ grade up (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shady Hills could be anywhere from C− to B.
Shady Hills works in goods: 32% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shady Hills, 2014 → 2024: 778 → 1,765. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shady Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Shady Hills’ commute, mile by mile
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Commuting from Shady Hills: about 33 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shady Hills workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,070 commuters (the 16% 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 Shady Hills on a workday
On a workday 4,835 residents head out to work, 185 work right here, and 1,580 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,700 people are in Shady Hills on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Shady Hills commutes to
Where Shady Hills clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
Driving is how Shady Hills gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Shady Hills is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #589 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Shady Hills 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 4,832 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% 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). 4.0% of Shady Hills households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Shady Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Shady Hills is 1,972nd of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 255 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 326 | Asbury Lake FL | 14,458 | $101K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 351 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,970 | Dryden NY | 13,320 | $81K | 13.6% | 5.6% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,971 | American Township OH | 14,434 | $65K | 8.1% | 7.7% | 13% | C+ |
| 1,972 | Shady Hills FL | 11,983 | $68K | 12.2% | 5.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,973 | Hampton Township MI | 9,581 | $52K | 17.9% | 3.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,974 | East Milton FL | 14,783 | $65K | 12.5% | 4.3% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Shady Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Shady Hills
The biggest share goes to Spring Hill (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shady Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Hills | – | C+ | C− | 33 min | $68,409 |
| Spring Hill | 7% | C+ | B+ | 30 min | $68,432 |
| Quail Ridge | under 2% | A− | D− | 35 min | $89,564 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shady Hills’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 2024, 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 Shady Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Shady Hills?
$68,409 (±$7,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shady Hills?
12.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shady Hills?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shady Hills work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (10%, 30 mi), Spring Hill (7%, 5 mi), St. Petersburg (3%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Shady Hills walkable?
Shady Hills is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shady Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shady Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shady Hills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.