Work & commute · Gulf Breeze

Work & commute in Gulf Breeze, FL

Most working residents leave Gulf Breeze for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Pensacola (26%), Ferry Pass (6%) and Brent (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

292 of 2,249 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,957 Gulf Breeze residents head out of town to work, 292 work right here, and 3,500 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gulf Breeze.

1,957live here, work elsewhere

292live and work here

3,500work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gulf Breeze goes to work

Pensacola5.1 mi away

26%592

Gulf Breeze (in town)right here

13%292

Ferry Pass10.6 mi away

6%132

Brent8.5 mi away

4%94

Milton19.5 mi away

4%80

Midway10.1 mi away

3%63

Navarre17.3 mi away

2%36

Ensley12.4 mi away

1%29

Pace17.2 mi away

1%29

Destin42.2 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%876

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

How far

How far Gulf Breeze commutes

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

56%

23%

16%

56%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gulf Breeze is a job hub

1.69jobs 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 Gulf Breeze are

3,792 jobs are based in Gulf Breeze. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gulf Breeze’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gulf Breeze

3,792 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Gulf Breeze residents hold

2,249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+12%

Jobs based in Gulf Breeze, 2013 → 2023: 3,387 → 3,792. 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.