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Jobs & commute in Chumuckla

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Chumuckla works elsewhere

Hardly any work in Chumuckla itself; outside it, Pensacola draws the most (16%, 25 miles). There are 108 jobs in Chumuckla, against 435 working residents. 30% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Florida as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Chumuckla at work: what stands out

Chumuckla’s biggest commute is a long one

The top workplace outside Chumuckla is Pensacola, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (70) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓

Chumuckla is a place people come home to

There are 108 jobs based in Chumuckla, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chumuckla has about 350 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Home offices are common in Chumuckla

30% of Chumuckla workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓

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 435 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Chumuckla

10 mi25 mi45 miPensacola: 16% · 24.6 miMilton: 10% · 15.4 miFerry Pass: 8% · 19.1 miPace: 6% · 12.9 miBrent: 4% · 22.4 miJay: 3% · 11.5 miEast Milton: 3% · 19.8 miGoulding: 2% · 24.6 miEnsley: 2% · 18.8 miCrestview: 1% · 38.5 miPensacola 16%Milton 10%Ferry Pass 8%Pace 6%Brent 4%Chumuckla
ChumucklaTop destinations (size = commuters)
6%Under 10 mi26 residents
67%10–24 mi286 residents
13%25–50 mi57 residents
14%Over 50 mi61 residents

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.

Day and night

How many people are in Chumuckla by day

On a workday 432 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere.

432live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
105work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night680
Workday350
680live here− 430head out to work+ 110come in to work= 350on a workday

About 350 people are in Chumuckla on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.25jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

Time on the road

About 33 minutes to work from Chumuckla

A year of commuting
254 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Chumuckla33 min
Florida28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
30%

of Chumuckla workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
How Chumuckla gets to work
93%Drive alone
5%Carpool
2%Walk

Share of the 347 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.

The commute map

The places Chumuckla commutes to

Jay: 12 residents work here (3%)Milton: 45 residents work here (10%)Pensacola: 70 residents work here (16%)Crestview: 6 residents work here (1%)Goulding: 8 residents work here (2%)BagdadWarringtonBrent: 19 residents work here (4%)WallaceFerry Pass: 33 residents work here (8%)New YorkEnsley: 7 residents work here (2%)GonzalezNavarrePace: 27 residents work here (6%)ChumucklaEast Milton: 12 residents work here (3%)PensacolaMiltonFerry PassPaceBrentJayChumuckla
1
Pensacola24.6 mi away
16%70
2
Milton15.4 mi away
10%45
3
Ferry Pass19.1 mi away
8%33
4
Pace12.9 mi away
6%27
5
Brent22.4 mi away
4%19
6
Jay11.5 mi away
3%12
7
East Milton19.8 mi away
3%12
8
Goulding24.6 mi away
2%8
9
Ensley18.8 mi away
2%7
10
Crestview38.5 mi away
1%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%196
The top trips

Where Chumuckla clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Goods, not services: 45% of the jobs in Chumuckla

Jobs based in ChumucklaJobs Chumuckla residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms45%14%
Trade, transport & utilities40%19%
Services: health, schools, offices15%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less19%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%27%
Over $3,333 a month40%60%

Who does it

29 or younger25%20%
30 to 5445%58%
55 and older30%22%
+66%

Jobs based in Chumuckla, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 108. 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 Chumuckla’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Next door

How Chumuckla compares with the towns next door

New York: few work hereNew YorkChumuckla
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownChumuckla workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Chumuckla–——33 min$109,708
New Yorkunder 2%————

Same-state neighbors only. New York: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Chumuckla’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Chumuckla: questions

What is the median household income in Chumuckla?

$109,708 (±$49,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Chumuckla?

0.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Chumuckla?

33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Chumuckla work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (16%, 25 mi), Milton (10%, 15 mi), Ferry Pass (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Chumuckla 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 Chumuckla, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Chumuckla

Chumuckla home →

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.