At 2.8%, unemployment in Flagler Beach is lower than in 73% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Flagler Beach are B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Home is the office for 32% of workers; Florida has 16%. About one in ten work in Flagler Beach itself; outside it, Jacksonville draws the most (10%, 68 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Flagler Beach in brief
Jobs in Flagler Beach have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Flagler Beach went from 761 in 2013 to 1,630 in 2023, +114%. The jobs ↓
Flagler Beach trades workers with the towns around it
Flagler Beach has about as many jobs (1,630) as working residents (1,661), but they are mostly different people: 1,480 residents leave for work each day while 1,449 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Flagler Beach are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Flagler Beach’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Flagler Beach is Jacksonville, 68 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (158) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Flagler Beach
32% of Flagler Beach workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
45% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Flagler Beach
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Flagler Beach is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #318 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Flagler Beach’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Flagler Beach could be anywhere from C− to A−.
What the 1,630 jobs in Flagler Beach are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flagler Beach, 2013 → 2023: 761 → 1,630. 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 Flagler Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Flagler Beach
On a workday 1,480 residents head out to work, 181 work right here, and 1,449 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 (0.98 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.
How far Flagler Beach goes to work
About 45% 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.
Getting to work from Flagler Beach takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flagler Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,406 commuters (the 32% 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 Flagler Beach’s working residents head each day
Where Flagler Beach clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Flagler Beach is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Flagler Beach is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #256 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Flagler Beach 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 2,054 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.6% of Flagler Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Flagler Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Flagler Beach is 1,844th among 3,561 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 197 | Highland Beach FL | 4,328 | $145K | 2.3% | 3.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,842 | Kula HI | 6,791 | $100K | 12.3% | 2.6% | 7% | B− |
| 1,843 | Forestbrook SC | 7,479 | $81K | 6.8% | 7.1% | 1% | B− |
| 1,844 | Flagler Beach FL | 5,595 | $85K | 8.4% | 2.8% | 11% | B− |
| 1,845 | Jessup PA | 4,506 | $65K | 18.1% | 2.0% | 8% | B− |
| 1,846 | Quincy Township MI | 4,140 | $70K | 9.3% | 2.4% | 9% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,561 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Flagler Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Around Flagler Beach: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Palm Coast (9%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flagler Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flagler Beach | – | B− | A− | 26 min | $84,632 |
| Palm Coast | 9% | C+ | C+ | 27 min | $77,350 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Flagler 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 Flagler Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Flagler Beach?
$84,632 (±$15,728) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flagler Beach?
8.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flagler Beach?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flagler Beach work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (10%, 68 mi), Palm Coast (9%, 8 mi), Bunnell (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Flagler Beach walkable?
Flagler Beach is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flagler Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flagler Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flagler 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. 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.