Work & commute · Tyndall AFB

Work & commute in Tyndall AFB, FL

Most working residents leave Tyndall AFB for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Panama City (24%), Panama City Beach (8%) and Port St. Joe (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 74 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 73 Tyndall AFB residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 1,016 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tyndall AFB.

73live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

1,016work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tyndall AFB goes to work

Panama City11.2 mi away

24%18

Panama City Beach19.4 mi away

8%6

Port St. Joe25.6 mi away

4%3

Lynn Haven10.2 mi away

4%3

Miramar Beach48.9 mi away

4%3

Pensacola98.1 mi away

3%2

Pretty Bayou9.7 mi away

3%2

Upper Grand Lagoon11.3 mi away

3%2

Orange Beach, AL120.1 mi away

1%1

Springfield5.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%33

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

How far

How far Tyndall AFB commutes

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

38%

20%

16%

26%

38%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tyndall AFB is a job hub

13.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tyndall AFB are

1,017 jobs are based in Tyndall AFB. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tyndall AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tyndall AFB

1,017 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Tyndall AFB residents hold

74 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month31%

−18%

Jobs based in Tyndall AFB, 2013 → 2023: 1,235 → 1,017. 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.