Work & commute · Esto

Work & commute in Esto, FL

Most working residents leave Esto for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bonifay (14%), Dothan (10%) and Graceville (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 124 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 121 Esto residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Esto.

121live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Esto goes to work

Bonifay14.1 mi away

14%17

Dothan, AL22.3 mi away

10%13

Graceville7.8 mi away

6%7

Geneva, AL14.4 mi away

3%4

Panama City51.7 mi away

3%4

Esto (in town)right here

2%3

Marianna27.8 mi away

2%3

Tallahassee90.3 mi away

2%3

Samson, AL25.6 mi away

2%2

Kinsey, AL28.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%66

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

How far

How far Esto commutes

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

14%

39%

38%

14%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Esto is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Esto are

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

Jobs based in Esto

123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Esto residents hold

124 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+486%

Jobs based in Esto, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 123. 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.