Work & commute · Patrick AFB

Work & commute in Patrick AFB, FL

Most working residents leave Patrick AFB for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Melbourne (7%), Palm Bay (7%) and Orlando (7%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 369 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 369 Patrick AFB residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1,240 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Patrick AFB.

369live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1,240work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Patrick AFB goes to work

Melbourne9 mi away

7%27

Palm Bay19.5 mi away

7%25

Orlando46.4 mi away

7%24

Merritt Island6.7 mi away

3%12

Tampa115.1 mi away

3%11

Rockledge9.9 mi away

2%9

Jacksonville158.6 mi away

2%9

Titusville26.8 mi away

2%7

Viera West8 mi away

2%7

Indialantic10.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%232

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

How far

How far Patrick AFB commutes

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

18%

20%

15%

47%

18%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Patrick AFB is a job hub

3.36jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Patrick AFB are

1,240 jobs are based in Patrick AFB. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Patrick AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Patrick AFB

1,240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month90%

Jobs Patrick AFB residents hold

369 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+18%

Jobs based in Patrick AFB, 2013 → 2023: 1,047 → 1,240. 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.