Work & commute · Lake Lorraine

Work & commute in Lake Lorraine, FL

Most working residents leave Lake Lorraine for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Walton Beach (19%), Destin (10%) and Wright (8%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

118 of 2,803 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,685 Lake Lorraine residents head out of town to work, 118 work right here, and 1,858 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Lorraine.

2,685live here, work elsewhere

118live and work here

1,858work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Lorraine goes to work

Fort Walton Beach3.5 mi away

19%541

Destin6.4 mi away

10%267

Wright4.6 mi away

8%218

Lake Lorraine (in town)right here

4%118

Miramar Beach13.7 mi away

3%91

Shalimar1.1 mi away

3%89

Ocean City2.5 mi away

3%84

Pensacola37.3 mi away

3%79

Niceville8.1 mi away

3%73

Crestview21.3 mi away

2%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,177

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

How far

How far Lake Lorraine commutes

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

62%

10%

12%

16%

62%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Lorraine is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Lorraine are

1,976 jobs are based in Lake Lorraine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Lorraine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Lorraine

1,976 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Lake Lorraine residents hold

2,803 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+74%

Jobs based in Lake Lorraine, 2013 → 2023: 1,133 → 1,976. 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.