Photo: JaconaFrere · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Valrico commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Valrico is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. Valrico has 3,404 jobs; 17,304 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Valrico is better than 77% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Valrico
Valrico is a place people come home to
There are 3,404 jobs based in Valrico, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Valrico has about 26,000 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Valrico has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Valrico went from 2,275 in 2013 to 3,404 in 2023, +50%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Valrico
62% of Valrico residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Valrico pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Valrico
24% of Valrico 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.
Jobs & income in Valrico: the grade in detail
Household income holds Valrico’s grade up ($104,839, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (9.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Valrico could be anywhere from B+ to A.
How many people are in Valrico by day
On a workday 16,814 residents head out to work, 490 work right here, and 2,914 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26,000 people are in Valrico on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The kinds of work in Valrico
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valrico, 2013 → 2023: 2,275 → 3,404. 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 Valrico’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Valrico
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Valrico workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,637 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.
Where Valrico’s working residents head each day
Where Valrico clocks in
27% of workers
9% 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.
Miles to work from Valrico
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.
Getting around Valrico: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% 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 20,475 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 4% 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 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 2.0% of Valrico households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Valrico’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Valrico is 425th of 1,086 U.S. towns of 28,000 to 54,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 118 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 143 | Cooper City FL | 35,030 | $132K | 5.0% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 423 | Greenfield WI | 37,159 | $70K | 8.6% | 2.5% | 5% | A− |
| 424 | Glenville NY | 29,701 | $98K | 4.6% | 4.7% | 10% | A− |
| 425 | Valrico FL | 40,239 | $105K | 9.9% | 3.4% | 3% | A− |
| 426 | Aloha OR | 52,389 | $102K | 7.8% | 4.2% | 4% | A− |
| 427 | Culver City CA | 39,452 | $117K | 7.5% | 6.6% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,086 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Valrico, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns around Valrico
The biggest share goes to Brandon (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Valrico workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valrico | – | A− | C | 32 min | $104,839 |
| Fish Hawk | under 2% | B+ | B− | 39 min | $135,271 |
| Bloomingdale | under 2% | A− | B | 31 min | $104,547 |
| Brandon | 9% | B | B+ | 28 min | $79,685 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Valrico’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 Valrico: questions
What is the median household income in Valrico?
$104,839 (±$6,778) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Valrico?
9.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Valrico?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Valrico work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (27%, 15 mi), Brandon (9%, 4 mi), East Lake-Orient Park (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Valrico walkable?
Valrico is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Valrico without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Valrico, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valrico
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.