Work & commute · Ferry Pass

Work & commute in Ferry Pass, FL

Most working residents leave Ferry Pass for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Pensacola (30%), Brent (6%) and Ensley (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,857 of 12,310 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,453 Ferry Pass residents head out of town to work, 1,857 work right here, and 19,481 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ferry Pass.

10,453live here, work elsewhere

1,857live and work here

19,481work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ferry Pass goes to work

Pensacola5.5 mi away

30%3,637

Ferry Pass (in town)right here

15%1,857

Brent5.1 mi away

6%712

Ensley5.1 mi away

4%491

Pace6.7 mi away

2%218

Milton11 mi away

1%184

West Pensacola8.1 mi away

1%172

Goulding6.2 mi away

1%139

Gulf Breeze10.6 mi away

1%138

Jacksonville329.4 mi away

1%130

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%4,632

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

How far

How far Ferry Pass commutes

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

68%

12%

14%

68%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ferry Pass is a job hub

1.73jobs 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 Ferry Pass are

21,338 jobs are based in Ferry Pass. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ferry Pass’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ferry Pass

21,338 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Ferry Pass residents hold

12,310 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+16%

Jobs based in Ferry Pass, 2013 → 2023: 18,436 → 21,338. 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.