Work & commute · Hurlburt Field

Work & commute in Hurlburt Field, FL

Most working residents leave Hurlburt Field for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Walton Beach (18%), Destin (7%) and Wright (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 581 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 572 Hurlburt Field residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 1,709 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hurlburt Field.

572live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

1,709work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hurlburt Field goes to work

Fort Walton Beach5.8 mi away

18%105

Destin15.1 mi away

7%42

Wright4.8 mi away

6%35

Pensacola28.1 mi away

4%24

Miramar Beach22.5 mi away

3%19

Crestview23.7 mi away

3%17

Niceville16.1 mi away

3%15

Lake Lorraine9.2 mi away

2%13

Valparaiso13 mi away

2%11

Tallahassee147 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%289

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

How far

How far Hurlburt Field commutes

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

33%

25%

16%

26%

33%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hurlburt Field is a job hub

2.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hurlburt Field are

1,718 jobs are based in Hurlburt Field. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hurlburt Field’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hurlburt Field

1,718 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Hurlburt Field residents hold

581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+47%

Jobs based in Hurlburt Field, 2013 → 2023: 1,166 → 1,718. 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.