Clark-Chalker House · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Middleburg works elsewhere
1,491 jobs are based in Middleburg for 5,783 working residents. The two grades for Middleburg are B for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 4% work in Middleburg; the top destination outside it is Jacksonville (42%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Middleburg apart
42% of Middleburg works in Jacksonville
2,413 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Jacksonville, 24 miles away. That’s 11 times as many as work in Middleburg itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Middleburg
55% of Middleburg residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in Middleburg pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Middleburg pay little
31% of the jobs based in Middleburg pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 36% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Middleburg workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Middleburg is a place people come home to
There are 1,491 jobs based in Middleburg, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Middleburg has about 7,400 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Middleburg: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Middleburg is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #288 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Middleburg’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Middleburg could be anywhere from C to A−.
The places Middleburg commutes to
Where Middleburg clocks in
42% 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 Middleburg’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middleburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,311 → 1,491. 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 Middleburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Middleburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Middleburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,419 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.
Middleburg quiets down on a workday
On a workday 5,547 residents head out to work, 236 work right here, and 1,255 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,400 people are in Middleburg on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
How far Middleburg’s workers travel
About 18% 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.
Few in Middleburg walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Middleburg is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #558 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Middleburg near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,123 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.0% of Middleburg households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Middleburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000, Middleburg comes 1,485th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 255 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 326 | Asbury Lake FL | 14,458 | $101K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 351 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,483 | Kaiminani HI | 11,465 | $111K | 9.8% | 3.8% | 5% | B |
| 1,484 | Washington MO | 15,906 | $79K | 7.9% | 3.8% | 28% | B |
| 1,485 | Middleburg FL | 11,644 | $75K | 8.0% | 3.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,486 | Beach Park IL | 14,114 | $86K | 8.5% | 8.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,487 | Ionia MI | 12,208 | $64K | 12.0% | 1.9% | 17% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Middleburg, 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 Middleburg: questions
What is the median household income in Middleburg?
$74,634 (±$9,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middleburg?
8.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Middleburg?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Middleburg work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (42%, 24 mi), Green Cove Springs (8%, 14 mi), Lakeside (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Middleburg walkable?
Middleburg is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Middleburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Middleburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middleburg
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.