With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Oriole Beach works elsewhere
Only 2% stay in Oriole Beach for work; outside it, Pensacola is the main destination (22%, 7 miles). 371 jobs are based in Oriole Beach, and 679 of its residents work somewhere. Oriole Beach grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The four measures behind Oriole Beach’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oriole Beach is better than 84% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Oriole Beach’s grade up (1.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oriole Beach could be anywhere from B to A.
A workday in Oriole Beach: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 665 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Oriole Beach on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
The places Oriole Beach commutes to
Where Oriole Beach clocks in
22% 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.
What Oriole Beach’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oriole Beach, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 371. 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 Oriole Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way for Oriole Beach’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oriole Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 851 commuters (the 21% 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 distance from Oriole Beach to work
About 16% 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 commute in Oriole Beach is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oriole Beach is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,080 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). 0.0% of Oriole Beach households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oriole Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Oriole Beach comes 542nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 540 | Roxbury CT | 2,328 | $124K | 3.7% | 3.8% | 12% | A− |
| 541 | Herald CA | 1,521 | $93K | 3.8% | 8.6% | 3% | A− |
| 542 | Oriole Beach FL | 2,005 | $88K | 1.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| 543 | Maple Park IL | 1,523 | $107K | 7.0% | 4.0% | <1% | A− |
| 544 | Locke Township MI | 1,809 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.6% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Oriole Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bordering towns draw 19% of Oriole Beach’s workers
The biggest share goes to Midway (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oriole Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oriole Beach | – | A− | C+ | 30 min | $88,154 |
| Midway | 9% | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $96,041 |
| Gulf Breeze | 7% | B | B | 24 min | $104,050 |
| Tiger Point | 3% | B+ | B+ | 30 min | $118,967 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oriole Beach’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 Oriole Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Oriole Beach?
$88,154 (±$30,950) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oriole Beach?
1.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oriole Beach?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oriole Beach work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (22%, 7 mi), Midway (9%, 6 mi), Gulf Breeze (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oriole Beach walkable?
Oriole Beach is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oriole Beach 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 Oriole Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oriole Beach
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.