Work & commute · Palatka

Work & commute in Palatka, FL

About one in 5 of Palatka’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (9%), Daytona Beach (3%) and St. Augustine (2%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

971 of 4,411 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,440 Palatka residents head out of town to work, 971 work right here, and 7,140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palatka.

3,440live here, work elsewhere

971live and work here

7,140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palatka goes to work

Palatka (in town)right here

22%971

Jacksonville47.4 mi away

9%414

Daytona Beach46.9 mi away

3%119

St. Augustine27.5 mi away

2%98

Gainesville40.5 mi away

2%97

Orlando84.1 mi away

2%75

East Palatka4.4 mi away

2%70

Ocala43.6 mi away

1%63

Green Cove Springs23.2 mi away

1%61

Tampa126 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,386

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

How far

How far Palatka commutes

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

33%

11%

29%

27%

33%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palatka is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palatka are

8,111 jobs are based in Palatka. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palatka’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palatka

8,111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Palatka residents hold

4,411 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−5%

Jobs based in Palatka, 2013 → 2023: 8,578 → 8,111. 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.