With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Laurel Hill works elsewhere
Home is the office for 5% of workers, where Florida as a whole has 16%. Employers in Laurel Hill report 56 jobs, against 235 working residents. Hardly any work in Laurel Hill; the top destination outside it is Crestview (15%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Laurel Hill, in brief
Laurel Hill and Crestview trade workers both ways
Crestview is the top workplace for Laurel Hill residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Laurel Hill come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Laurel Hill is a place people come home to
There are 56 jobs based in Laurel Hill, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Laurel Hill has about 380 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Laurel Hill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 84 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 235 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Laurel Hill commutes to
Where Laurel Hill clocks in
15% of workers
14% of workers
6% 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.
Who works in Laurel Hill, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 233 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Laurel Hill on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
About 39 minutes each way, longer than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laurel Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 155 commuters (the 5% 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.
Goods jobs make up 43% of work in Laurel Hill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laurel Hill, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 56. 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 Laurel Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Laurel Hill works
About 22% 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.
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 Laurel Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Laurel Hill?
$63,036 (±$9,921) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laurel Hill?
13.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laurel Hill?
39 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laurel Hill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crestview (15%, 16 mi), Fort Walton Beach (14%, 38 mi), DeFuniak Springs (6%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Laurel Hill without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laurel Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laurel Hill
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.