Photo: Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 4.0Cinco Bayou draws 490 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average, next to 28 for Florida and 26 for the U.S. There are 493 jobs in Cinco Bayou for 197 working residents. Home is the office for 8% of workers, where Florida as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Cinco Bayou, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 194 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 770 people are in Cinco Bayou on a workday afternoon, 63% more 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 send workers to Cinco Bayou
Where Cinco Bayou clocks in
30% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Cinco Bayou: what the 493 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cinco Bayou, 2013 → 2023: 517 → 493. 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 Cinco Bayou’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Cinco Bayou: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cinco Bayou workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 289 commuters (the 8% 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 many miles Cinco Bayou commutes
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.
Bordering towns draw 30% of Cinco Bayou’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cinco Bayou workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinco Bayou | – | — | — | 18 min | $84,688 |
| Fort Walton Beach | 30% | B− | B+ | 23 min | $68,538 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Walton Beach. Darker towns draw more of Cinco Bayou’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 Cinco Bayou: questions
What is the median household income in Cinco Bayou?
$84,688 (±$20,653) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cinco Bayou?
12.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cinco Bayou?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cinco Bayou work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Walton Beach (30%, 1 mi), Destin (9%, 9 mi), Wright (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cinco Bayou without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cinco Bayou, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cinco Bayou
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.