Work & commute · Laurel Hill

Work & commute in Laurel Hill, FL

Most working residents leave Laurel Hill for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Crestview (15%), Fort Walton Beach (14%) and DeFuniak Springs (6%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 235 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 233 Laurel Hill residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laurel Hill.

233live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laurel Hill goes to work

Crestview16.4 mi away

15%35

Fort Walton Beach38.3 mi away

14%34

DeFuniak Springs26.7 mi away

6%13

Wright37.3 mi away

4%9

Destin38.6 mi away

3%8

Niceville29.9 mi away

3%8

Tallahassee135.6 mi away

3%7

Panama City74.3 mi away

3%6

Miramar Beach40.6 mi away

3%6

Valparaiso32.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%104

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

How far

How far Laurel Hill commutes

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

25%

49%

22%

4%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

49%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laurel Hill is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laurel Hill are

56 jobs are based in Laurel Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laurel Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Laurel Hill

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Laurel Hill residents hold

235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+56%

Jobs based in Laurel Hill, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 56. 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.