Work & commute · Freeport

Work & commute in Freeport, FL

Most working residents leave Freeport for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Miramar Beach (9%), DeFuniak Springs (7%) and Destin (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

195 of 2,793 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,598 Freeport residents head out of town to work, 195 work right here, and 1,974 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freeport.

2,598live here, work elsewhere

195live and work here

1,974work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freeport goes to work

Miramar Beach15.2 mi away

9%242

DeFuniak Springs14.3 mi away

7%209

Freeport (in town)right here

7%195

Destin21.2 mi away

6%161

Fort Walton Beach29.7 mi away

5%144

Panama City40 mi away

3%87

Niceville20.7 mi away

3%81

Panama City Beach23.8 mi away

2%65

Wright30.7 mi away

2%53

Crestview31.7 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,509

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

How far

How far Freeport commutes

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

16%

46%

20%

18%

16%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freeport is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Freeport are

2,169 jobs are based in Freeport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Freeport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Freeport

2,169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Freeport residents hold

2,793 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+240%

Jobs based in Freeport, 2013 → 2023: 638 → 2,169. 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.