Work & commute · Bristol

Work & commute in Bristol, FL

Most working residents leave Bristol for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Tallahassee (16%), Blountstown (6%) and Panama City (5%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

42 of 396 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 354 Bristol residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 526 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bristol.

354live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

526work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bristol goes to work

Tallahassee43.2 mi away

16%64

Bristol (in town)right here

11%42

Blountstown4.2 mi away

6%25

Panama City35.4 mi away

5%20

Marianna29.5 mi away

3%10

Chattahoochee20.8 mi away

2%8

Quincy25.2 mi away

2%8

Tampa227.2 mi away

1%5

Wewahitchka24.3 mi away

1%4

Jacksonville197.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%206

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

How far

How far Bristol commutes

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

28%

39%

24%

28%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bristol is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bristol are

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

Jobs based in Bristol

568 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Bristol residents hold

396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−9%

Jobs based in Bristol, 2013 → 2023: 626 → 568. 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.