Work & commute · Palm Valley

Work & commute in Palm Valley, FL

Most working residents leave Palm Valley for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (44%), Jacksonville Beach (5%) and St. Augustine (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,150 of 8,938 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,788 Palm Valley residents head out of town to work, 1,150 work right here, and 8,760 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palm Valley.

7,788live here, work elsewhere

1,150live and work here

8,760work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palm Valley goes to work

Jacksonville18.2 mi away

44%3,913

Palm Valley (in town)right here

13%1,150

Jacksonville Beach4.8 mi away

5%483

St. Augustine21.9 mi away

4%319

Nocatee8.2 mi away

2%148

Tampa167.6 mi away

1%113

Orlando119.7 mi away

1%104

Gainesville67.3 mi away

1%90

Sawgrass1.9 mi away

1%80

Atlantic Beach9.4 mi away

1%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%2,462

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

How far

How far Palm Valley commutes

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

37%

22%

37%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palm Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Palm Valley are

9,910 jobs are based in Palm Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palm Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palm Valley

9,910 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Palm Valley residents hold

8,938 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+43%

Jobs based in Palm Valley, 2013 → 2023: 6,938 → 9,910. 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.