Harold has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The trip to work takes 45 minutes on average; Florida averages 28, the U.S. 26. 47 jobs are based in Harold, and 300 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Harold for work; outside it, Pensacola is the main destination (14%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Harold, in a few figures
Harold is a place people come home to
There are 47 jobs based in Harold, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Harold has about 120 people in it, 69% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Harold workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Harold’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Harold is Pensacola, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (42) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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; with 300 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Harold, and who commutes in
On a workday 300 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Harold on a workday afternoon, 69% 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.
From Harold, about 45 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harold workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 197 commuters (the 16% 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.
How far it is to work from Harold
About 17% 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.
Where the trip to work from Harold ends
Where Harold clocks in
14% 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: 60% of jobs based in Harold
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harold, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 47. 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 Harold’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Harold: questions
What is the median household income in Harold?
$70,060 (±$53,358) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harold?
10.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harold?
45 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harold work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (14%, 27 mi), East Milton (8%, 9 mi), Milton (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Harold 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 Harold, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harold
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.