Where South Gate Ridge earns its living
For jobs and income South Gate Ridge is better than 61% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (B+). Only 2% stay in South Gate Ridge for work; outside it, Sarasota is the main destination (18%, 5 miles). The average commute takes 21 minutes each way; Florida averages 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in South Gate Ridge, in a few figures
South Gate Ridge’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Job access by car holds South Gate Ridge’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($70,469, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, South Gate Ridge could be anywhere from C to A.
Time on the road from South Gate Ridge: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of South Gate Ridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,376 commuters (the 11% 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.
Who works in South Gate Ridge, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,537 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 2,059 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where South Gate Ridge’s working residents head each day
Where South Gate Ridge clocks in
18% 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.
South Gate Ridge is a services town
2,104 jobs are based in South Gate Ridge.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in South Gate Ridge, 2014 → 2024: 1,999 → 2,104. 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 South Gate Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from South Gate Ridge
About 22% 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.
Most of South Gate Ridge commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 2,665 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, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% 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). 5.6% of South Gate Ridge households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of South Gate Ridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
South Gate Ridge is 1,595th of 3,651 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Vineyards FL | 3,849 | $131K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 193 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,593 | Estes Park CO | 5,780 | $86K | 8.0% | 0.8% | 44% | B |
| 1,594 | Washington CT | 3,733 | $102K | 9.0% | 4.4% | 27% | B |
| 1,595 | South Gate Ridge FL | 5,310 | $70K | 7.5% | 4.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,596 | Capitol Heights MD | 4,044 | $97K | 8.9% | 16.7% | <1% | B |
| 1,597 | Pecatonica Township IL | 4,115 | $81K | 4.6% | 5.7% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,651 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 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 South Gate Ridge, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How South Gate Ridge compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bee Ridge (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | South Gate Ridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Gate Ridge | – | B | B+ | 21 min | $70,469 |
| Ridge Wood Heights | under 2% | A− | B | 23 min | $69,894 |
| Bee Ridge | 5% | A− | B | 22 min | $75,906 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of South Gate Ridge’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 South Gate Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in South Gate Ridge?
$70,469 (±$13,750) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in South Gate Ridge?
7.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from South Gate Ridge?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in South Gate Ridge work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sarasota (18%, 5 mi), Bee Ridge (5%, 1 mi), South Sarasota (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is South Gate Ridge walkable?
South Gate Ridge is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 13.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around South Gate Ridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from South Gate Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of South Gate Ridge
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.