Work & commute · Oriole Beach

Work & commute in Oriole Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Oriole Beach for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pensacola (22%), Midway (9%) and Gulf Breeze (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 679 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 665 Oriole Beach residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oriole Beach.

665live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oriole Beach goes to work

Pensacola7.2 mi away

22%152

Midway5.9 mi away

9%61

Gulf Breeze4.4 mi away

7%50

Ferry Pass11.5 mi away

5%35

Milton18 mi away

5%33

Brent11.3 mi away

5%31

Tiger Point2.9 mi away

3%18

Oriole Beach (in town)right here

2%14

Ensley14.7 mi away

2%13

Jacksonville324.2 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%262

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

How far

How far Oriole Beach commutes

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

50%

26%

16%

50%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oriole Beach is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oriole Beach are

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

Jobs based in Oriole Beach

371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Oriole Beach residents hold

679 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+15%

Jobs based in Oriole Beach, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 371. 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.