Work & commute · Eglin AFB

Work & commute in Eglin AFB, FL

Most working residents leave Eglin AFB for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Walton Beach (10%), Pensacola (7%) and Destin (7%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 505 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 503 Eglin AFB residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 379 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eglin AFB.

503live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

379work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eglin AFB goes to work

Fort Walton Beach4.9 mi away

10%51

Pensacola38.2 mi away

7%35

Destin6.4 mi away

7%33

Niceville6.5 mi away

6%31

Wright5.6 mi away

5%26

Tallahassee136.9 mi away

4%19

Crestview19.9 mi away

3%16

Ferry Pass38.1 mi away

3%15

Jacksonville291.5 mi away

3%14

Panama City Beach43.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%253

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

How far

How far Eglin AFB commutes

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

37%

21%

34%

37%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eglin AFB is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eglin AFB are

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

Jobs based in Eglin AFB

381 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Eglin AFB residents hold

505 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+24%

Jobs based in Eglin AFB, 2013 → 2023: 308 → 381. 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.