Work & commute · Neptune Beach

Work & commute in Neptune Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Neptune Beach for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (55%), Jacksonville Beach (8%) and Palm Valley (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

217 of 3,446 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,229 Neptune Beach residents head out of town to work, 217 work right here, and 2,066 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Neptune Beach.

3,229live here, work elsewhere

217live and work here

2,066work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Neptune Beach goes to work

Jacksonville16.1 mi away

55%1,879

Jacksonville Beach2.8 mi away

8%292

Neptune Beach (in town)right here

6%217

Palm Valley7.6 mi away

4%131

Atlantic Beach1.9 mi away

4%124

Orlando127.2 mi away

1%38

Tampa174.7 mi away

1%34

Tallahassee170.7 mi away

1%26

Gainesville71.9 mi away

0%17

St. Augustine29.2 mi away

0%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%675

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

How far

How far Neptune Beach commutes

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

40%

39%

18%

40%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Neptune Beach is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Neptune Beach are

2,283 jobs are based in Neptune Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Neptune Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Neptune Beach

2,283 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Neptune Beach residents hold

3,446 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+20%

Jobs based in Neptune Beach, 2013 → 2023: 1,896 → 2,283. 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.