Ferry Pass has higher unemployment (6.7%) than 80% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Ferry Pass C; getting around on foot earns it A. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 31.0 in Miami. About one in seven stay in Ferry Pass for work; outside it, Pensacola is the main destination (30%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ferry Pass at work: what stands out
A lot of Ferry Pass works one town over
40% of working residents work in a town that borders Ferry Pass: Pensacola (30%), Brent (6%) and Ensley (4%). Next door ↓
Ferry Pass is where the jobs are
Ferry Pass has 21,338 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Most Ferry Pass residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Ferry Pass are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida 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.
Why Ferry Pass gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ferry Pass is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #500 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Ferry Pass’ grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ferry Pass could be anywhere from C− to B−.
How many people are in Ferry Pass by day
On a workday 10,453 residents head out to work, 1,857 work right here, and 19,481 people come in from elsewhere.
About 39,000 people are in Ferry Pass on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Ferry Pass’ commute, mile by mile
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.
Ferry Pass’ commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ferry Pass workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,340 commuters (the 12% 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.
Where the people who work in Ferry Pass live
Where Ferry Pass clocks in
30% 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.
The kinds of work in Ferry Pass
21,338 jobs are based in Ferry Pass.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ferry Pass, 2013 → 2023: 18,436 → 21,338. 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 Ferry Pass’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Ferry Pass
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ferry Pass is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #134 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Ferry Pass near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 14,070 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 65% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 13% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 11.4% of Ferry Pass households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Ferry Pass’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ferry Pass places 1,194th of 1,415 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 21,000 to 41,000
| # | 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 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Palmetto Bay FL | 24,886 | $142K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,192 | Myrtle Beach SC | 40,937 | $60K | 19.0% | 5.4% | 38% | C |
| 1,193 | Hutchinson KS | 39,595 | $59K | 14.9% | 4.6% | 53% | C |
| 1,194 | Ferry Pass FL | 30,053 | $62K | 14.4% | 6.7% | 15% | C |
| 1,195 | Park Forest IL | 21,079 | $61K | 17.6% | 8.7% | 3% | C |
| 1,196 | Henry Township IN | 22,005 | $58K | 17.0% | 4.4% | 33% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,415 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Ferry Pass, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
40% of Ferry Pass works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ferry Pass workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry Pass | – | C | A | 22 min | $61,689 |
| Pensacola | 30% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $74,212 |
| Ensley | 4% | C | B+ | 23 min | $59,084 |
| Brent | 6% | C− | A+ | 19 min | $49,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pensacola. Darker towns draw more of Ferry Pass’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 Ferry Pass: questions
What is the median household income in Ferry Pass?
$61,689 (±$7,519) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ferry Pass?
14.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ferry Pass?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ferry Pass work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (30%, 6 mi), Brent (6%, 5 mi), Ensley (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ferry Pass walkable?
Ferry Pass is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ferry Pass without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 13% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ferry Pass, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ferry Pass
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.