Work & commute · Point Baker

Work & commute in Point Baker, FL

Most working residents leave Point Baker for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pensacola (13%), Milton (11%) and Ferry Pass (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,487 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,473 Point Baker residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Point Baker.

1,473live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Point Baker goes to work

Pensacola18.9 mi away

13%197

Milton3.9 mi away

11%170

Ferry Pass14 mi away

6%85

Pace8.3 mi away

4%60

East Milton7.1 mi away

4%60

Ensley17.2 mi away

4%54

Brent19 mi away

3%46

Fort Walton Beach31.3 mi away

2%32

Crestview28.4 mi away

2%30

Goulding20.1 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%733

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

How far

How far Point Baker commutes

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

31%

42%

13%

14%

31%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Point Baker is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Point Baker are

210 jobs are based in Point Baker. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Point Baker’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Point Baker

210 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Point Baker residents hold

1,487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+43%

Jobs based in Point Baker, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 210. 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.