Work & commute · Miramar Beach

Work & commute in Miramar Beach, FL

About one in 3 of Miramar Beach’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Destin (11%), Fort Walton Beach (4%) and Tallahassee (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

953 of 3,140 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,187 Miramar Beach residents head out of town to work, 953 work right here, and 8,682 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Miramar Beach.

2,187live here, work elsewhere

953live and work here

8,682work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Miramar Beach goes to work

Miramar Beach (in town)right here

30%953

Destin7.4 mi away

11%345

Fort Walton Beach16.7 mi away

4%121

Tallahassee124.8 mi away

2%76

Panama City49.6 mi away

2%73

DeFuniak Springs26.2 mi away

2%68

Wright18.2 mi away

2%56

Panama City Beach29.8 mi away

1%47

Niceville12.8 mi away

1%43

Pensacola50.6 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,316

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

How far

How far Miramar Beach commutes

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

52%

16%

12%

20%

52%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Miramar Beach is a job hub

3.07jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Miramar Beach are

9,635 jobs are based in Miramar Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Miramar Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Miramar Beach

9,635 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Miramar Beach residents hold

3,140 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+15%

Jobs based in Miramar Beach, 2013 → 2023: 8,343 → 9,635. 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.