Work & commute · Bagdad

Work & commute in Bagdad, FL

Most working residents leave Bagdad for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pensacola (18%), Ferry Pass (8%) and Milton (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 1,886 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,873 Bagdad residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bagdad.

1,873live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bagdad goes to work

Pensacola13.2 mi away

18%348

Ferry Pass9.5 mi away

8%158

Milton3.2 mi away

8%142

Brent14.5 mi away

5%88

Pace7.5 mi away

4%72

East Milton5.3 mi away

3%62

Ensley14.1 mi away

2%43

Fort Walton Beach27.5 mi away

2%40

Midway12.6 mi away

1%26

Destin36.6 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%882

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

How far

How far Bagdad commutes

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

25%

51%

10%

13%

25%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bagdad is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.11 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bagdad are

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

Jobs based in Bagdad

211 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Bagdad residents hold

1,886 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+88%

Jobs based in Bagdad, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 211. 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.