Work & commute · East Milton

Work & commute in East Milton, FL

Most working residents leave East Milton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Pensacola (13%), Milton (9%) and Ferry Pass (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

352 of 4,385 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 4,033 East Milton residents head out of town to work, 352 work right here, and 3,442 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Milton.

4,033live here, work elsewhere

352live and work here

3,442work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Milton goes to work

Pensacola18.2 mi away

13%550

Milton5.3 mi away

9%373

East Milton (in town)right here

8%352

Ferry Pass14.8 mi away

6%246

Brent19.8 mi away

3%143

Pace12 mi away

3%119

Ensley19.4 mi away

2%109

Fort Walton Beach24.3 mi away

2%100

Navarre14.8 mi away

2%97

Crestview24.6 mi away

2%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,205

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

How far

How far East Milton commutes

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

23%

46%

11%

20%

23%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Milton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Milton are

3,794 jobs are based in East Milton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Milton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Milton

3,794 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs East Milton residents hold

4,385 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+49%

Jobs based in East Milton, 2013 → 2023: 2,549 → 3,794. 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.