Work & commute · Callahan

Work & commute in Callahan, FL

Most working residents leave Callahan for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (53%), Fernandina Beach (6%) and Yulee (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 820 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 788 Callahan residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 674 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Callahan.

788live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

674work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Callahan goes to work

Jacksonville18.8 mi away

53%437

Fernandina Beach23.5 mi away

6%50

Callahan (in town)right here

4%32

Yulee16.3 mi away

2%16

Tampa183.6 mi away

2%14

Orlando147.8 mi away

1%7

Palm Valley36 mi away

1%7

Fleming Island32.9 mi away

1%7

Jacksonville Beach33.4 mi away

1%6

Kingsland, GA19.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%238

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

How far

How far Callahan commutes

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

54%

21%

16%

9%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Callahan is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Callahan are

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

Jobs based in Callahan

706 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Callahan residents hold

820 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−9%

Jobs based in Callahan, 2013 → 2023: 775 → 706. 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.