Work & commute · Pensacola

Work & commute in Pensacola, FL

About one in 3 of Pensacola’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ferry Pass (9%), Brent (5%) and Ensley (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

8,707 of 22,307 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 13,600 Pensacola residents head out of town to work, 8,707 work right here, and 52,943 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pensacola.

13,600live here, work elsewhere

8,707live and work here

52,943work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pensacola goes to work

Pensacola (in town)right here

39%8,707

Ferry Pass5.5 mi away

9%2,106

Brent4.1 mi away

5%1,207

Ensley7.6 mi away

3%565

West Pensacola4.7 mi away

2%406

Gulf Breeze5.1 mi away

2%358

Milton15.5 mi away

1%303

Goulding2.3 mi away

1%268

Jacksonville329.6 mi away

1%254

Midway11.1 mi away

1%254

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%7,879

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

How far

How far Pensacola commutes

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

69%

13%

14%

69%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pensacola is a job hub

2.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pensacola are

61,650 jobs are based in Pensacola. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pensacola’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pensacola

61,650 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Pensacola residents hold

22,307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+16%

Jobs based in Pensacola, 2013 → 2023: 52,999 → 61,650. 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.