Photo: Mike Steele · CC BY 2.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Crescent Beach
42% of workers work from home; Florida has 16%. Only 2% work in Crescent Beach; the top destination outside it is Jacksonville (18%, 49 miles). Working residents average 34 minutes each way, where Florida has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Crescent Beach, in brief
Crescent Beach’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Crescent Beach is Jacksonville, 49 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (68) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Crescent Beach
42% of Crescent Beach workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Crescent Beach workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 374 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of Crescent Beach commutes less than 23 miles
About 24% 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.
How long Crescent Beach spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crescent Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 204 commuters (the 42% 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.
Crescent Beach by day and by night
On a workday 365 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 226 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Crescent Beach on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
The places Crescent Beach commutes to
Where Crescent Beach clocks in
18% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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.
Crescent Beach is a services town
235 jobs are based in Crescent Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crescent Beach, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 235. 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 Crescent Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How Crescent Beach compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crescent Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Beach | – | — | — | 34 min | $146,042 |
| Butler Beach | 2% | C | B+ | 26 min | $76,689 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Butler Beach. Darker towns draw more of Crescent 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 Crescent Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Crescent Beach?
$146,042 (±$61,296) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crescent Beach?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crescent Beach?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 42% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crescent Beach work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (18%, 49 mi), St. Augustine (12%, 12 mi), Palm Coast (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crescent Beach 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 Crescent Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crescent 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.