Work & commute · Jacksonville

Work & commute in Jacksonville, FL

70% of Jacksonville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville Beach (2%), Orlando (1%) and Tampa (1%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

70%

296,294 of 425,920 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 129,626 Jacksonville residents head out of town to work, 296,294 work right here, and 235,799 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jacksonville.

129,626live here, work elsewhere

296,294live and work here

235,799work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jacksonville goes to work

Jacksonville (in town)right here

70%296,294

Jacksonville Beach17 mi away

2%6,541

Orlando130.4 mi away

1%4,618

Tampa170.8 mi away

1%4,265

Palm Valley18.2 mi away

1%3,544

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace11.5 mi away

1%3,483

Gainesville61.1 mi away

1%3,058

Tallahassee154.6 mi away

1%3,005

Atlantic Beach15.8 mi away

1%2,660

Orange Park11.7 mi away

1%2,277

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%96,175

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

How far

How far Jacksonville commutes

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

47%

31%

19%

47%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jacksonville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jacksonville are

532,093 jobs are based in Jacksonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jacksonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jacksonville

532,093 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Jacksonville residents hold

425,920 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+22%

Jobs based in Jacksonville, 2013 → 2023: 437,911 → 532,093. 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.