Photo: A1C Emily S. Moore · Public domainHurlburt Field draws 1,709 commuters a day, with 3.0 jobs for every working resident
1,718 jobs are based in Hurlburt Field, against 581 working residents. Jobs and income earn Hurlburt Field B; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 2% stay in Hurlburt Field for work; outside it, Fort Walton Beach is the main destination (18%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hurlburt Field at work: what stands out
Hurlburt Field is where the jobs are
Hurlburt Field has 1,718 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Hurlburt Field pay better than its residents’ jobs
85% of the jobs based in Hurlburt Field pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 52% of the jobs Hurlburt Field residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Hurlburt Field. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Hurlburt Field are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker, and quicker than any town next door (23 to 25 minutes). 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; with 581 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Hurlburt Field’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hurlburt Field is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #262 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate holds Hurlburt Field’s grade up (1.3%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($61,731, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Hurlburt Field’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hurlburt Field could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Hurlburt Field fills up on a workday
On a workday 572 residents head out to work and 9 work right here.
About 4,100 people are in Hurlburt Field on a workday afternoon, 39% more 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Hurlburt Field
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hurlburt Field, 2013 → 2023: 1,166 → 1,718. 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 Hurlburt Field’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Hurlburt Field: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hurlburt Field workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,489 commuters (the 11% 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 Hurlburt Field live
Where Hurlburt Field clocks in
18% 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.
Miles to work from Hurlburt Field
About 26% 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.
For most of Hurlburt Field, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hurlburt Field is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #473 of 638 in Florida. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, the same share as across Florida, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,672 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). 1.0% of Hurlburt Field households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hurlburt Field’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hurlburt Field places 1,737th of 4,618 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,735 | Charleston Township PA | 3,471 | $73K | 6.8% | 0.0% | 9% | B |
| 1,736 | Granite Hills CA | 3,795 | $156K | 12.3% | 12.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,737 | Hurlburt Field FL | 2,951 | $62K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,738 | Washoe Valley NV | 3,315 | $123K | 5.8% | 6.8% | 3% | B |
| 1,739 | Enochville NC | 3,321 | $66K | 18.6% | 0.6% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Hurlburt Field, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns next door employ 24% of Hurlburt Field
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hurlburt Field workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurlburt Field | – | B | B− | 15 min | $61,731 |
| Wright | 6% | C+ | B+ | 25 min | $70,195 |
| Fort Walton Beach | 18% | B− | B+ | 23 min | $68,538 |
| Mary Esther | under 2% | B | B | 25 min | $76,890 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Walton Beach. Darker towns draw more of Hurlburt Field’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 Hurlburt Field: questions
What is the median household income in Hurlburt Field?
$61,731 (±$16,568) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hurlburt Field?
1.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hurlburt Field?
15 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hurlburt Field work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Walton Beach (18%, 6 mi), Destin (7%, 15 mi), Wright (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hurlburt Field walkable?
Hurlburt Field is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hurlburt Field without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hurlburt Field, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hurlburt Field
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.