Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Jennings commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Jennings report 48 jobs for 221 working residents. Only 2% work in Jennings itself; outside it, Jasper draws the most (5%, 11 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Florida as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Jennings apart on work
A big share show a job far from home
43% 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 ↓
Jennings is a place people come home to
There are 48 jobs based in Jennings, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Jennings workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 92 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; with 221 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many miles Jennings commutes
About 43% 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 flow of workers through Jennings
On a workday 217 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Jennings on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Commuting from Jennings: about 40 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jennings workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 381 commuters (the 1% 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.
The towns that employ Jennings’ residents
Where Jennings clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
What Jennings’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jennings, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 48. 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 Jennings’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 Jennings: questions
What is the median household income in Jennings?
$23,243 (±$10,266) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jennings?
46.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jennings?
40 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jennings work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jasper (5%, 11 mi), Lake City (5%, 40 mi), Jacksonville (5%, 88 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jennings 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 Jennings, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jennings
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.