Work & commute · Fernandina Beach

Work & commute in Fernandina Beach, FL

About one in 3 of Fernandina Beach’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (23%), Yulee (2%) and Orlando (1%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

1,488 of 5,118 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,630 Fernandina Beach residents head out of town to work, 1,488 work right here, and 7,077 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fernandina Beach.

3,630live here, work elsewhere

1,488live and work here

7,077work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fernandina Beach goes to work

Fernandina Beach (in town)right here

29%1,488

Jacksonville25.4 mi away

23%1,181

Yulee7.2 mi away

2%108

Orlando151.1 mi away

1%60

Tampa195.7 mi away

1%52

Gainesville86.1 mi away

1%49

Tallahassee167.3 mi away

1%34

Kingsland, GA24.1 mi away

1%27

Jacksonville Beach26.8 mi away

1%26

Lakeside40.6 mi away

0%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,068

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

How far

How far Fernandina Beach commutes

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

46%

11%

21%

22%

46%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fernandina Beach is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fernandina Beach are

8,565 jobs are based in Fernandina Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fernandina Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fernandina Beach

8,565 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Fernandina Beach residents hold

5,118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+17%

Jobs based in Fernandina Beach, 2013 → 2023: 7,302 → 8,565. 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.