Work & commute · Brent

Work & commute in Brent, FL

Most working residents leave Brent for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Pensacola (27%), Ferry Pass (10%) and Ensley (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,055 of 8,070 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 7,015 Brent residents head out of town to work, 1,055 work right here, and 12,375 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brent.

7,015live here, work elsewhere

1,055live and work here

12,375work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brent goes to work

Pensacola4.1 mi away

27%2,199

Brent (in town)right here

13%1,055

Ferry Pass5.1 mi away

10%802

Ensley4 mi away

4%315

West Pensacola3.3 mi away

2%190

Bellview3.5 mi away

2%129

Goulding2.5 mi away

2%122

Pace11.2 mi away

1%111

Gonzalez8.4 mi away

1%96

Tallahassee178.6 mi away

1%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,964

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

How far

How far Brent commutes

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

71%

16%

71%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brent is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brent are

13,430 jobs are based in Brent. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brent’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brent

13,430 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Brent residents hold

8,070 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−28%

Jobs based in Brent, 2013 → 2023: 18,655 → 13,430. 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.