Work & commute · Atlantic Beach

Work & commute in Atlantic Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Atlantic Beach for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (54%), Jacksonville Beach (8%) and Neptune Beach (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

460 of 5,745 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,285 Atlantic Beach residents head out of town to work, 460 work right here, and 4,279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atlantic Beach.

5,285live here, work elsewhere

460live and work here

4,279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atlantic Beach goes to work

Jacksonville15.8 mi away

54%3,111

Atlantic Beach (in town)right here

8%460

Jacksonville Beach4.7 mi away

8%453

Neptune Beach1.9 mi away

3%163

Palm Valley9.4 mi away

2%132

Orlando129.1 mi away

1%56

Tampa176.3 mi away

1%48

Gainesville72.9 mi away

1%41

St. Augustine31.1 mi away

1%34

Tallahassee170.4 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%1,215

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

How far

How far Atlantic Beach commutes

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

38%

41%

18%

38%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atlantic Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Atlantic Beach are

4,739 jobs are based in Atlantic Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Atlantic Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Atlantic Beach

4,739 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Atlantic Beach residents hold

5,745 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+40%

Jobs based in Atlantic Beach, 2013 → 2023: 3,384 → 4,739. 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.