Work & commute · Niceville

Work & commute in Niceville, FL

Most working residents leave Niceville for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Walton Beach (13%), Destin (6%) and Miramar Beach (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

827 of 5,817 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,990 Niceville residents head out of town to work, 827 work right here, and 5,298 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Niceville.

4,990live here, work elsewhere

827live and work here

5,298work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Niceville goes to work

Niceville (in town)right here

14%827

Fort Walton Beach11.3 mi away

13%771

Destin8.8 mi away

6%378

Miramar Beach12.8 mi away

5%262

Valparaiso3.5 mi away

4%243

Wright11.5 mi away

4%217

Pensacola43 mi away

3%184

Crestview16.3 mi away

3%183

Lake Lorraine8.1 mi away

2%122

Tallahassee132.5 mi away

2%106

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%2,524

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

How far

How far Niceville commutes

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

40%

31%

11%

18%

40%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Niceville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Niceville are

6,125 jobs are based in Niceville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Niceville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Niceville

6,125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Niceville residents hold

5,817 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+24%

Jobs based in Niceville, 2013 → 2023: 4,932 → 6,125. 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.