More people are out of work in Butler Beach (11.1%) than in 96% of U.S. towns
Butler Beach grades C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 30% of workers, next to 16% for Florida as a whole. Only 6% stay in Butler Beach for work; outside it, Jacksonville is the main destination (21%, 44 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Butler Beach, in a few figures
Butler Beach’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Butler Beach is Jacksonville, 44 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (384) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Butler Beach
30% of Butler Beach workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Butler Beach has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Butler Beach went from 568 in 2013 to 953 in 2023, +68%. 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 Butler Beach’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Butler Beach is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #533 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Butler Beach’s grade up ($76,689, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Butler Beach could be anywhere from D to B.
How far Butler Beach’s workers travel
About 26% 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.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Butler Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Butler Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,177 commuters (the 30% 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.
Most jobs in Butler Beach are in services
953 jobs are based in Butler Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Butler Beach, 2013 → 2023: 568 → 953. 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 Butler Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Butler Beach quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,722 residents head out to work, 116 work right here, and 837 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Butler Beach on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.52 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 Butler Beach goes to work
Where Butler Beach clocks in
21% of workers
14% of workers
4% 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 commute in Butler Beach is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Butler Beach is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #312 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Butler Beach near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,674 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 2.8% of Butler Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Butler Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,986th of 3,938: where Butler Beach ranks among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | 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 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,984 | Sansom Park TX | 5,419 | $42K | 26.7% | 5.9% | 1% | C |
| 2,985 | Cisco TX | 3,980 | $59K | 6.3% | 5.9% | 24% | C |
| 2,986 | Butler Beach FL | 4,610 | $77K | 10.1% | 11.1% | 6% | C |
| 2,987 | Pontoon Beach IL | 5,887 | $63K | 21.7% | 11.0% | 4% | C |
| 2,988 | Redwood Falls MN | 5,040 | $62K | 17.2% | 3.3% | 46% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | 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 Butler Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How Butler Beach compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to St. Augustine Beach (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Butler Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Beach | – | C | B+ | 26 min | $76,689 |
| St. Augustine Beach | 4% | B− | A | 24 min | $100,802 |
| Crescent Beach | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Crescent Beach: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Butler 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 Butler Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Butler Beach?
$76,689 (±$10,362) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Butler Beach?
10.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Butler Beach?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Butler Beach work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (21%, 44 mi), St. Augustine (14%, 7 mi), St. Augustine Beach (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Butler Beach walkable?
Butler Beach is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Butler Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Butler Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Butler 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.