Wesley Chapel has higher household incomes than 82% of U.S. towns
26% of workers work from home, where Florida as a whole has 16%. Poverty touches 6.4% of residents, next to 12.6% for Florida as a whole. For jobs and income Wesley Chapel is better than 74% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wesley Chapel stands out on work
Jobs in Wesley Chapel have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Wesley Chapel went from 8,426 in 2013 to 20,286 in 2023, +141%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Wesley Chapel works from home
27% of Wesley Chapel workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Wesley Chapel draws workers from far and wide
The 20,286 jobs in Wesley Chapel are filled from a wide area. Wesley Chapel’s own residents hold 14% and the ten next-biggest home towns 22%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Wesley Chapel
64% of Wesley Chapel residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Wesley Chapel pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Wesley Chapel are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of Wesley Chapel’s own working residents. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Wesley Chapel’s grade explained
Household income holds Wesley Chapel’s grade up ($107,504, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wesley Chapel could be anywhere from B to A−.
Inside Wesley Chapel’s 20,286 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wesley Chapel, 2013 → 2023: 8,426 → 20,286. 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 Wesley Chapel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Wesley Chapel, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wesley Chapel workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29,080 commuters (the 27% 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.
25% of working residents work in Tampa
Where Wesley Chapel clocks in
25% 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.
How many people are in Wesley Chapel by day
On a workday 29,090 residents head out to work, 2,913 work right here, and 17,373 people come in from elsewhere.
About 64,000 people are in Wesley Chapel on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
The commute from Wesley Chapel, by distance
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.
Most of Wesley Chapel commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 39,567 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 2% 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% 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). 2.5% of Wesley Chapel households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Wesley Chapel’s commuters take a bus or train.
223rd of 590: where Wesley Chapel ranks among U.S. towns of 53,000 to 103,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
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| 60 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
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| 86 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 156 | Palm Beach Gardens FL | 63,883 | $107K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 17% | A− |
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| 221 | The Hammocks FL | 58,838 | $86K | 12.1% | 2.7% | 5% | B+ |
| 222 | Marysville WA | 77,686 | $104K | 8.1% | 3.9% | 9% | B+ |
| 223 | Wesley Chapel FL | 76,011 | $108K | 6.4% | 4.9% | 9% | B+ |
| 224 | Rogers AR | 76,956 | $87K | 10.5% | 2.5% | 28% | B+ |
| 225 | San Marcos CA | 94,908 | $109K | 9.2% | 4.6% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 590 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 Wesley Chapel, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns around Wesley Chapel
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wesley Chapel workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Chapel | – | B+ | C+ | 31 min | $107,504 |
| Land O' Lakes | under 2% | B+ | B− | 31 min | $98,568 |
| Pasadena Hills | under 2% | A− | C | 35 min | $84,821 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wesley Chapel’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 Wesley Chapel: questions
What is the median household income in Wesley Chapel?
$107,504 (±$4,487) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wesley Chapel?
6.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wesley Chapel?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wesley Chapel work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (25%, 19 mi), East Lake-Orient Park (6%, 14 mi), University (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wesley Chapel walkable?
Wesley Chapel is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wesley Chapel 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 Wesley Chapel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wesley Chapel
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.