Work & commute · Crestview

Work & commute in Crestview, FL

Most working residents leave Crestview for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Walton Beach (12%), Wright (4%) and Niceville (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,838 of 9,860 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 8,022 Crestview residents head out of town to work, 1,838 work right here, and 8,193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crestview.

8,022live here, work elsewhere

1,838live and work here

8,193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crestview goes to work

Crestview (in town)right here

19%1,838

Fort Walton Beach22.5 mi away

12%1,193

Wright21.3 mi away

4%431

Niceville16.3 mi away

4%403

Destin24.8 mi away

4%370

Pensacola42.1 mi away

3%324

Tallahassee139.9 mi away

2%232

Valparaiso18.2 mi away

2%230

Miramar Beach28.9 mi away

2%206

DeFuniak Springs27.5 mi away

1%137

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%4,496

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

How far

How far Crestview commutes

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

24%

32%

24%

20%

24%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crestview is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Crestview are

10,031 jobs are based in Crestview. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crestview’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crestview

10,031 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Crestview residents hold

9,860 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+7%

Jobs based in Crestview, 2013 → 2023: 9,353 → 10,031. 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.