Work & commute · Shalimar

Work & commute in Shalimar, FL

Most working residents leave Shalimar for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Walton Beach (21%), Destin (10%) and Wright (10%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 284 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 278 Shalimar residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 1,334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shalimar.

278live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

1,334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shalimar goes to work

Fort Walton Beach2.6 mi away

21%60

Destin7.5 mi away

10%29

Wright3.5 mi away

10%27

Lake Lorraine1.1 mi away

7%19

Miramar Beach14.8 mi away

5%13

Ocean City1.5 mi away

3%8

Pensacola36.2 mi away

2%7

Shalimar (in town)right here

2%6

Tallahassee138.8 mi away

2%6

Niceville8.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%105

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

How far

How far Shalimar commutes

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

61%

13%

18%

61%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shalimar is a job hub

4.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shalimar are

1,340 jobs are based in Shalimar. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shalimar’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shalimar

1,340 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Shalimar residents hold

284 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+29%

Jobs based in Shalimar, 2013 → 2023: 1,041 → 1,340. 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.