With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Wimauma works elsewhere
1,452 jobs are based in Wimauma for 4,322 working residents. Wimauma grades C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 2% work in Wimauma; the top destination outside it is Tampa (20%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wimauma and work: the main findings
Wimauma workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Wimauma
57% of Wimauma residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 33% of the jobs based in Wimauma pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Wimauma’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wimauma is Tampa, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (884) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Wimauma has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Wimauma went from 969 in 2013 to 1,452 in 2023, +50%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Wimauma are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. 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 Wimauma’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wimauma is better than 33% of U.S. towns, #474 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Wimauma’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (23.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wimauma could be anywhere from D to A−.
About 38 minutes to work from Wimauma
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wimauma workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,655 commuters (the 20% 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.
The kinds of work in Wimauma
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wimauma, 2013 → 2023: 969 → 1,452. 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 Wimauma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Wimauma
About 16% 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.
How many people are in Wimauma by day
On a workday 4,227 residents head out to work, 95 work right here, and 1,357 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Wimauma on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 places Wimauma commutes to
Where Wimauma clocks in
20% of workers
4% 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.
The commute in Wimauma is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wimauma is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #311 of 638 in Florida. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,787 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.3% of Wimauma households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Wimauma’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000, Wimauma ranks 1,634th of 2,109 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,632 | Pinewood FL | 18,114 | $59K | 20.5% | 7.2% | 1% | C |
| 1,633 | Goulds FL | 14,425 | $62K | 16.4% | 7.5% | 1% | C |
| 1,634 | Wimauma FL | 15,266 | $68K | 23.6% | 4.1% | 2% | C |
| 1,635 | Cocoa FL | 19,777 | $63K | 13.1% | 5.6% | 9% | C |
| 1,636 | Huntington IN | 17,167 | $57K | 15.0% | 4.6% | 33% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Wimauma, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Wimauma
The biggest share goes to Sun City Center (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wimauma workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimauma | – | C | B+ | 38 min | $68,274 |
| Sun City Center | 3% | B+ | C− | 34 min | $73,528 |
| Balm | under 2% | B+ | D | 37 min | $114,659 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wimauma’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 Wimauma: questions
What is the median household income in Wimauma?
$68,274 (±$29,023) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wimauma?
23.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wimauma?
38 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wimauma work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (20%, 22 mi), Brandon (4%, 18 mi), East Lake-Orient Park (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wimauma walkable?
Wimauma is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wimauma without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wimauma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wimauma
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.