Most of Avalon commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 32 minutes getting to work on average; Florida averages 28, the U.S. 26. Employers in Avalon report 172 jobs; 309 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Avalon for work; outside it, Pensacola is the main destination (18%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Avalon, and who commutes in
On a workday 303 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Avalon on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Avalon’s residents
Where Avalon clocks in
18% 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.
The kinds of work in Avalon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avalon, 2013 → 2023: 217 → 172. 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 Avalon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way for Avalon’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Avalon workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 333 commuters (the 21% 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 Avalon’s workers travel
About 15% 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.
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 Avalon: questions
What is the median household income in Avalon?
$88,125 (±$13,033) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avalon?
14.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avalon?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avalon work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (18%, 8 mi), Ferry Pass (9%, 5 mi), Milton (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Avalon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avalon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avalon
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.