Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Bagdad has lower unemployment (1.2%) than 93% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average, next to 28 for Florida and 26 for the U.S. Jobs and income earn Bagdad A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Hardly any work in Bagdad itself; outside it, Pensacola draws the most (18%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bagdad: the figures worth knowing
Why Bagdad gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bagdad is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #83 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bagdad could be anywhere from B to A.
Bagdad by day and by night
On a workday 1,873 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Bagdad on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.11 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 people from Bagdad work
Where Bagdad 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.
Bagdad works in goods: 48% of its jobs
211 jobs are based in Bagdad.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bagdad, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 211. 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 Bagdad’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Bagdad: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bagdad workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,514 commuters (the 18% 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 Bagdad goes to work
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 Bagdad, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bagdad is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #547 of 638 in Florida. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,853 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.2% of Bagdad households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bagdad’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bagdad ranks: 730th of 4,000 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 728 | Iosco Township MI | 3,876 | $112K | 4.6% | 3.3% | 2% | A− |
| 729 | Bonadelle Ranchos CA | 5,465 | $133K | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4% | A− |
| 730 | Bagdad FL | 4,466 | $82K | 4.4% | 1.2% | 1% | A− |
| 731 | Claryville KY | 3,251 | $81K | 1.2% | 2.9% | 2% | A− |
| 732 | Pinch WV | 4,037 | $77K | 5.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Bagdad, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Bagdad: questions
What is the median household income in Bagdad?
$82,034 (±$11,161) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bagdad?
4.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bagdad?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bagdad work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (18%, 13 mi), Ferry Pass (8%, 10 mi), Milton (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bagdad walkable?
Bagdad is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bagdad without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bagdad, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bagdad
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.