Work & commute · Valparaiso

Work & commute in Valparaiso, FL

Most working residents leave Valparaiso for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Walton Beach (13%), Niceville (13%) and Destin (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

150 of 1,760 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,610 Valparaiso residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 3,356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valparaiso.

1,610live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

3,356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valparaiso goes to work

Fort Walton Beach7.8 mi away

13%234

Niceville3.5 mi away

13%225

Valparaiso (in town)right here

9%150

Destin6.7 mi away

6%111

Wright8.2 mi away

4%77

Crestview18.2 mi away

4%63

Miramar Beach12.5 mi away

3%58

Pensacola40.5 mi away

3%48

Tallahassee134.7 mi away

3%44

Ocean City6.5 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%718

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

How far

How far Valparaiso commutes

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

53%

20%

11%

16%

53%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valparaiso is a job hub

1.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valparaiso are

3,506 jobs are based in Valparaiso. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Valparaiso’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Valparaiso

3,506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Valparaiso residents hold

1,760 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+5%

Jobs based in Valparaiso, 2013 → 2023: 3,351 → 3,506. 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.