Work & commute · Cinco Bayou

Work & commute in Cinco Bayou, FL

Most working residents leave Cinco Bayou for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Walton Beach (30%), Destin (9%) and Wright (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 197 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 194 Cinco Bayou residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 490 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cinco Bayou.

194live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

490work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cinco Bayou goes to work

Fort Walton Beach0.8 mi away

30%59

Destin8.6 mi away

9%17

Wright2.5 mi away

5%9

Miramar Beach16 mi away

4%7

Niceville10.8 mi away

3%6

Mary Esther3 mi away

3%5

Ferry Pass35 mi away

2%4

Cinco Bayou (in town)right here

2%3

Shalimar2.1 mi away

2%3

Crestview22.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%81

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

How far

How far Cinco Bayou commutes

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

61%

15%

11%

13%

61%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cinco Bayou is a job hub

2.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cinco Bayou are

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

Jobs based in Cinco Bayou

493 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Cinco Bayou residents hold

197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−5%

Jobs based in Cinco Bayou, 2013 → 2023: 517 → 493. 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.