Work & commute · Butler Beach

Work & commute in Butler Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Butler Beach for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (21%), St. Augustine (14%) and St. Augustine Beach (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

116 of 1,838 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,722 Butler Beach residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 837 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butler Beach.

1,722live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

837work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butler Beach goes to work

Jacksonville44 mi away

21%384

St. Augustine7.3 mi away

14%264

Butler Beach (in town)right here

6%116

St. Augustine Beach3 mi away

4%78

Tampa146.2 mi away

2%33

Orlando91.7 mi away

1%26

Palatka26.5 mi away

1%25

Jacksonville Beach33.5 mi away

1%21

Palm Coast18.2 mi away

1%20

St. Augustine South4.4 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%851

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

How far

How far Butler Beach commutes

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

38%

27%

26%

38%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butler Beach is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Butler Beach are

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

Jobs based in Butler Beach

953 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Butler Beach residents hold

1,838 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+68%

Jobs based in Butler Beach, 2013 → 2023: 568 → 953. 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.