Planning staff: 39,000 people commute into Hillsborough County daily; work‑from‑home nearly tripled since 2018

Planning commission staff presented new analysis of worker flows and commuting trends to the Hillsborough County City‑County Planning Commission on May 12, 2025, saying Hillsborough County’s local economy draws tens of thousands of daily commuters and that nearly one in five county workers now work from home.

The presentation matters because the data—aggregated to tract and jurisdiction levels—helps the county and its cities understand where workers travel, which industries drive flows, and how telework and commute times are changing, information planners said.

Gonzales, planning commission staff, told commissioners the county’s economy is large and mobile, saying, “At $116,000,000,000 per year, Hillsborough County is 1 of the largest economies in local economies in the state and the largest in the Tampa Bay region.” He said the staff’s analytics, using the latest worker‑flow data through 2021 and American…