Work & commute · Pace

Work & commute in Pace, FL

Most working residents leave Pace for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Pensacola (19%), Ferry Pass (10%) and Milton (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

731 of 10,502 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,771 Pace residents head out of town to work, 731 work right here, and 4,841 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pace.

9,771live here, work elsewhere

731live and work here

4,841work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pace goes to work

Pensacola12.2 mi away

19%1,989

Ferry Pass6.7 mi away

10%1,046

Milton6.8 mi away

7%758

Pace (in town)right here

7%731

Brent11.2 mi away

4%459

Ensley9 mi away

3%328

East Milton12 mi away

2%246

Gonzalez7.5 mi away

2%173

Fort Walton Beach34.9 mi away

1%123

Pea Ridge4.1 mi away

1%121

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%4,528

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

How far

How far Pace commutes

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

38%

40%

14%

38%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pace is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pace are

5,572 jobs are based in Pace. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pace’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pace

5,572 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Pace residents hold

10,502 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+31%

Jobs based in Pace, 2013 → 2023: 4,259 → 5,572. 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.