Photo: Excel23 · CC BY-SA 4.0For more than half of its working residents, Atlantic Beach is a commute to Jacksonville
Jobs and income earn Atlantic Beach A−; getting around on foot earns it A. Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.5 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 2.1 in Jacksonville.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Atlantic Beach apart on work
Atlantic Beach has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Atlantic Beach went from 3,384 in 2013 to 4,739 in 2023, +40%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Atlantic Beach’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Atlantic Beach is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #77 of 638 in Florida. Household income is its strongest input ($118,935, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Atlantic Beach could be anywhere from B to A+.
The 4,739 jobs based in Atlantic Beach
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Atlantic Beach, 2013 → 2023: 3,384 → 4,739. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Atlantic Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Atlantic Beach
On a workday 5,285 residents head out to work, 460 work right here, and 4,279 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Atlantic Beach ends
Where Atlantic Beach clocks in
54% of workers
8% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Atlantic Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Atlantic Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,766 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Atlantic Beach’s workers travel
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Atlantic Beach, walking beats the bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,201 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 81% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.6% of Atlantic Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Atlantic Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Atlantic Beach is 675th among 2,526 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 131 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 195 | Lake Mary FL | 16,789 | $109K | 3.5% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 239 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 673 | Cinnaminson Township NJ | 17,930 | $128K | 4.2% | 7.1% | 8% | A− |
| 674 | Three Lakes FL | 16,888 | $102K | 9.9% | 2.9% | 7% | A− |
| 675 | Atlantic Beach FL | 13,245 | $119K | 7.7% | 3.2% | 8% | A− |
| 676 | South Middleton Township PA | 17,792 | $92K | 6.4% | 2.6% | 12% | A− |
| 677 | Fairview CA | 10,745 | $149K | 4.4% | 6.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Atlantic Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns next door employ 57% of Atlantic Beach
The biggest share goes to Jacksonville (54%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Atlantic Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Beach | – | A− | A | 26 min | $118,935 |
| Jacksonville | 54% | B− | A− | 24 min | $69,872 |
| Neptune Beach | 3% | A+ | B | 22 min | $119,294 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Atlantic Beach’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Atlantic Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Atlantic Beach?
$118,935 (±$14,983) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Atlantic Beach?
7.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Atlantic Beach?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Atlantic Beach work?
8% work in town.
Is Atlantic Beach walkable?
Atlantic Beach is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Atlantic Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Atlantic Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Atlantic Beach
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.