Work & commute · Fort Braden

Work & commute in Fort Braden, FL

Most working residents leave Fort Braden for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tallahassee (52%), Jacksonville (4%) and Tampa (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 378 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 376 Fort Braden residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Braden.

376live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Braden goes to work

Tallahassee17.7 mi away

52%195

Jacksonville172.2 mi away

4%14

Tampa211 mi away

2%9

Midway6.9 mi away

2%7

Quincy9.9 mi away

1%5

Bristol25.6 mi away

1%3

Lake City114.9 mi away

1%3

Fort Lauderdale399.2 mi away

1%3

Orlando236.4 mi away

1%3

Cairo, GA37.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%133

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

How far

How far Fort Braden commutes

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

65%

24%

7%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Braden is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Braden are

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

Jobs based in Fort Braden

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Fort Braden residents hold

378 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+200%

Jobs based in Fort Braden, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 54. 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.