Work & commute · Midway

Work & commute in Midway, FL

Most working residents leave Midway for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Pensacola (20%), Gulf Breeze (5%) and Milton (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

626 of 7,731 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,105 Midway residents head out of town to work, 626 work right here, and 3,561 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Midway.

7,105live here, work elsewhere

626live and work here

3,561work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Midway goes to work

Pensacola11.1 mi away

20%1,579

Midway (in town)right here

8%626

Gulf Breeze10.1 mi away

5%395

Milton15.7 mi away

5%375

Ferry Pass13.2 mi away

5%352

Navarre7.2 mi away

4%320

Brent15.1 mi away

3%266

Fort Walton Beach23.2 mi away

3%230

Ensley17.7 mi away

2%150

Tiger Point3.1 mi away

2%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,296

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

How far

How far Midway commutes

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

36%

41%

14%

36%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Midway is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Midway are

4,187 jobs are based in Midway. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Midway’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Midway

4,187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Midway residents hold

7,731 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+42%

Jobs based in Midway, 2013 → 2023: 2,939 → 4,187. 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.