Work & commute · East Palatka

Work & commute in East Palatka, FL

Most working residents leave East Palatka for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Palatka (15%), Jacksonville (9%) and St. Augustine (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 634 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 614 East Palatka residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 674 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Palatka.

614live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

674work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Palatka goes to work

Palatka4.4 mi away

15%97

Jacksonville47.6 mi away

9%58

St. Augustine24.2 mi away

5%32

Daytona Beach43.7 mi away

3%20

East Palatka (in town)right here

3%20

Orlando83 mi away

3%19

Gainesville45 mi away

3%18

Ocala46.6 mi away

1%9

St. Augustine Beach23.7 mi away

1%8

Bunnell23.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%346

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

How far

How far East Palatka commutes

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

29%

17%

27%

29%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Palatka is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Palatka are

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

Jobs based in East Palatka

694 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs East Palatka residents hold

634 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+59%

Jobs based in East Palatka, 2013 → 2023: 436 → 694. 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.