Flagler Estates has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Flagler Estates for work; outside it, Jacksonville is the main destination (17%, 49 miles). There are 92 jobs in Flagler Estates for 1,767 working residents. For jobs and income Flagler Estates is better than 46% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Flagler Estates, in brief
Flagler Estates’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Flagler Estates is Jacksonville, 49 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (295) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Flagler Estates is a place people come home to
There are 92 jobs based in Flagler Estates, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Flagler Estates has about 2,600 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Flagler Estates workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 77 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Flagler Estates
Unemployment holds Flagler Estates’ grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Flagler Estates could be anywhere from D to A−.
Flagler Estates’ commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Flagler Estates
On a workday 1,752 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Flagler Estates on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
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 trip to work from Flagler Estates: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flagler Estates workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,886 commuters (the 9% 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 people from Flagler Estates work
Where Flagler Estates clocks in
17% of workers
12% of workers
3% 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 Estates makes things: 41% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flagler Estates, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 92. 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 Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Flagler Estates, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 2,063 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 4.3% of Flagler Estates households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Flagler Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,039 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800, Flagler Estates comes 2,269th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,267 | Dunleith Township IL | 3,487 | $70K | 8.2% | 5.3% | 16% | B− |
| 2,268 | Belle Plaine Township KS | 3,025 | $91K | 9.0% | 10.1% | 3% | B− |
| 2,269 | Flagler Estates FL | 4,321 | $76K | 11.4% | 2.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,270 | Louisburg KS | 5,299 | $69K | 9.7% | 5.9% | 9% | B− |
| 2,271 | Floyd Township IN | 4,276 | $88K | 10.9% | 4.8% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | 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 Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Flagler Estates?
$75,957 (±$30,795) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flagler Estates?
11.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flagler Estates?
38 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flagler Estates work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (17%, 49 mi), St. Augustine (12%, 19 mi), Palm Coast (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Flagler Estates walkable?
Flagler Estates is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flagler Estates without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flagler Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flagler Estates
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.