Work & commute · St. George Island

Work & commute in St. George Island, FL

Most working residents leave St. George Island for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Apalachicola (25%), Tallahassee (12%) and Eastpoint (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

36 of 330 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 294 St. George Island residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 440 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. George Island.

294live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

440work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. George Island goes to work

Apalachicola8.1 mi away

25%84

Tallahassee67.2 mi away

12%39

St. George Island (in town)right here

11%36

Eastpoint7.4 mi away

5%16

Port St. Joe27.6 mi away

2%8

Panama City55.8 mi away

2%7

Jacksonville198.9 mi away

2%5

Bradfordville75.4 mi away

2%5

Carrabelle19.3 mi away

1%4

Valdosta, GA126.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%122

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

How far

How far St. George Island commutes

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

43%

47%

43%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. George Island is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. George Island are

476 jobs are based in St. George Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. George Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. George Island

476 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs St. George Island residents hold

330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+8%

Jobs based in St. George Island, 2013 → 2023: 441 → 476. 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.