Work & commute · Palm Coast

Work & commute in Palm Coast, FL

Most working residents leave Palm Coast for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (9%), Bunnell (8%) and Daytona Beach (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

6,054 of 35,031 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28,977 Palm Coast residents head out of town to work, 6,054 work right here, and 8,772 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palm Coast.

28,977live here, work elsewhere

6,054live and work here

8,772work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palm Coast goes to work

Palm Coast (in town)right here

17%6,054

Jacksonville60.6 mi away

9%3,118

Bunnell9.4 mi away

8%2,957

Daytona Beach25.5 mi away

7%2,345

Ormond Beach18.5 mi away

4%1,483

St. Augustine25.2 mi away

2%829

Gainesville67 mi away

2%762

Orlando73.7 mi away

2%654

Flagler Beach8 mi away

2%591

Ocala60.1 mi away

1%478

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%15,760

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

How far

How far Palm Coast commutes

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

30%

17%

15%

39%

30%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palm Coast is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palm Coast are

14,826 jobs are based in Palm Coast. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palm Coast’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palm Coast

14,826 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Palm Coast residents hold

35,031 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+40%

Jobs based in Palm Coast, 2013 → 2023: 10,585 → 14,826. 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.