Photo: Excel23 · CC BY-SA 4.0More than half of Callahan’s working residents commute to Jacksonville
Callahan grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns. Only 4% stay in Callahan for work; outside it, Jacksonville is the main destination (53%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Callahan apart
More than half of Callahan works in Jacksonville
437 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Jacksonville, 19 miles away. That’s 13 times as many as work in Callahan itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Callahan
56% of Callahan residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 25% of the jobs based in Callahan pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Callahan pay little
33% of the jobs based in Callahan pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 38% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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; with 820 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Callahan’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Callahan is better than 29% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Callahan’s grade up (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($57,006, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Callahan’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Callahan could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The towns that employ Callahan’s residents
Where Callahan clocks in
53% of workers
6% of workers
2% 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.
What Callahan’s employers do
706 jobs are based in Callahan.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Callahan, 2013 → 2023: 775 → 706. 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 Callahan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Callahan by day and by night
On a workday 788 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 674 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 (0.86 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.
From Callahan, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Callahan workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 621 commuters (the 14% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Callahan
About 16% 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.
Most of Callahan commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Callahan is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below 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 723 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). 4.8% of Callahan households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Callahan’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,484th of 5,656: where Callahan ranks among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,482 | Weesaw Township MI | 1,811 | $58K | 13.0% | 5.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,483 | Hamilton Township OH | 1,589 | $58K | 9.2% | 1.5% | 2% | C |
| 3,484 | Callahan FL | 1,830 | $57K | 14.7% | 1.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,485 | Akron IA | 1,531 | $66K | 9.5% | 1.7% | 18% | C |
| 3,486 | Greensboro MD | 1,962 | $54K | 15.9% | 3.7% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Callahan, 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 Callahan: questions
What is the median household income in Callahan?
$57,006 (±$4,917) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Callahan?
14.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Callahan?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Callahan work?
4% work in town.
Is Callahan walkable?
Callahan is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Callahan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Callahan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Callahan
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.