Keith Cabin · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Esto, FL
Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average, next to 28 for Florida and 26 for the U.S. For 3% of workers, the job is at home (Florida 16%). Only 2% work in Esto itself; outside it, Bonifay draws the most (14%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Esto on a workday
On a workday 121 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 120 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 (0.99 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.
Where Esto goes to work
Where Esto clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
Making and building: 40% of jobs based in Esto
123 jobs are based in Esto.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Esto, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 123. 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 Esto’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Esto: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Esto workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 132 commuters (the 3% 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.
Esto’s commute, mile by mile
About 38% 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.
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 Esto: questions
What is the median household income in Esto?
$45,313 (±$15,391) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Esto?
25.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Esto?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Esto work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bonifay (14%, 14 mi), Dothan (10%, 22 mi), Graceville (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Esto 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 Esto, from the people who make the trip.
More of Esto
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.