Work & commute · Jacksonville Beach

Work & commute in Jacksonville Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Jacksonville Beach for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (55%), Palm Valley (4%) and Atlantic Beach (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,477 of 10,868 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,391 Jacksonville Beach residents head out of town to work, 1,477 work right here, and 14,077 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jacksonville Beach.

9,391live here, work elsewhere

1,477live and work here

14,077work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jacksonville Beach goes to work

Jacksonville17 mi away

55%6,001

Jacksonville Beach (in town)right here

14%1,477

Palm Valley4.8 mi away

4%424

Atlantic Beach4.7 mi away

2%213

Orlando124.4 mi away

1%113

Tampa172.3 mi away

1%109

Neptune Beach2.8 mi away

1%103

Tallahassee171.4 mi away

1%73

Gainesville70.6 mi away

1%72

Nocatee13 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%2,216

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

How far

How far Jacksonville Beach commutes

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

41%

39%

17%

41%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jacksonville Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jacksonville Beach are

15,554 jobs are based in Jacksonville Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jacksonville Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jacksonville Beach

15,554 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Jacksonville Beach residents hold

10,868 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+38%

Jobs based in Jacksonville Beach, 2013 → 2023: 11,285 → 15,554. 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.