Work & commute · Ensley

Work & commute in Ensley, FL

Most working residents leave Ensley for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Pensacola (27%), Ferry Pass (12%) and Brent (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

678 of 10,217 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,539 Ensley residents head out of town to work, 678 work right here, and 7,820 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ensley.

9,539live here, work elsewhere

678live and work here

7,820work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ensley goes to work

Pensacola7.6 mi away

27%2,798

Ferry Pass5.1 mi away

12%1,190

Ensley (in town)right here

7%678

Brent4 mi away

6%628

Pace9 mi away

2%179

West Pensacola6.9 mi away

2%173

Gonzalez4.4 mi away

1%150

Bellview4.8 mi away

1%135

Gulf Breeze12.4 mi away

1%115

Milton15 mi away

1%115

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%4,056

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

How far

How far Ensley commutes

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

71%

11%

13%

71%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ensley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ensley are

8,498 jobs are based in Ensley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ensley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ensley

8,498 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Ensley residents hold

10,217 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+22%

Jobs based in Ensley, 2013 → 2023: 6,990 → 8,498. 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.