Work & commute · Apalachicola

Work & commute in Apalachicola, FL

About one in 3 of Apalachicola’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are St. George Island (10%), Tallahassee (8%) and Eastpoint (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

260 of 879 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 619 Apalachicola residents head out of town to work, 260 work right here, and 1,035 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Apalachicola.

619live here, work elsewhere

260live and work here

1,035work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Apalachicola goes to work

Apalachicola (in town)right here

30%260

St. George Island8.1 mi away

10%89

Tallahassee67 mi away

8%73

Eastpoint8.2 mi away

5%45

Port St. Joe19.9 mi away

4%32

Panama City47.8 mi away

2%16

Jacksonville203.7 mi away

2%15

Tampa195 mi away

1%9

Carrabelle21.4 mi away

1%6

Valdosta, GA128.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%328

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Apalachicola commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

51%

40%

51%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Apalachicola is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Apalachicola are

1,295 jobs are based in Apalachicola. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Apalachicola’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Apalachicola

1,295 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Apalachicola residents hold

879 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−6%

Jobs based in Apalachicola, 2013 → 2023: 1,376 → 1,295. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.