Ensley’s household incomes are lower than in 75% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Ensley are C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 17.5% of residents live below the poverty line; Florida has 12.6%. Only 7% work in Ensley; the top destination outside it is Pensacola (27%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Ensley apart on work
Most Ensley residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Ensley are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Ensley draws workers from far and wide
The 8,498 jobs in Ensley are filled from a wide area. Ensley’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 37%; the other 55% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
The figures behind Ensley’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Ensley’s grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ensley could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Where in the region Ensley works
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.
The daily trip from Ensley: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ensley workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,706 commuters (the 15% 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 places Ensley commutes to
Where Ensley clocks in
27% 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.
A workday in Ensley: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 9,539 residents head out to work, 678 work right here, and 7,820 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 (0.83 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.
What the 8,498 jobs in Ensley are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ensley, 2013 → 2023: 6,990 → 8,498. 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 Ensley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Ensley is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ensley is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #323 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% 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 11,394 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 56% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 38% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 8.5% of Ensley households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Ensley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ensley places 1,343rd of 1,577 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 17,000 to 32,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,341 | Lealman FL | 20,567 | $45K | 15.6% | 7.2% | 3% | C |
| 1,342 | Cañon City CO | 17,030 | $65K | 13.4% | 4.2% | 35% | C |
| 1,343 | Ensley FL | 23,760 | $59K | 17.5% | 6.1% | 7% | C |
| 1,344 | Liberal KS | 19,010 | $64K | 13.1% | 5.2% | 65% | C |
| 1,345 | Ridgecrest CA | 28,333 | $89K | 12.5% | 7.6% | 43% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,577 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Ensley, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bordering towns draw 19% of Ensley’s workers
The biggest share goes to Ferry Pass (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ensley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensley | – | C | B+ | 23 min | $59,084 |
| Ferry Pass | 12% | C | A | 22 min | $61,689 |
| Gonzalez | 1% | B+ | C− | 23 min | $82,062 |
| Brent | 6% | C− | A+ | 19 min | $49,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ensley’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 Ensley: questions
What is the median household income in Ensley?
$59,084 (±$3,939) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ensley?
17.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ensley?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ensley work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (27%, 8 mi), Ferry Pass (12%, 5 mi), Brent (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ensley walkable?
Ensley is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ensley without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 38% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ensley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ensley
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.