Photo: 10593-H · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Pace works elsewhere
Employers in Pace report 5,572 jobs, against 10,502 working residents. Pace grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 7% work in Pace itself; outside it, Pensacola draws the most (19%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pace
The better-paid jobs are outside Pace
58% of Pace residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 33% of the jobs based in Pace pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Pace draws workers from far and wide
The 5,572 jobs in Pace are filled from a wide area. Pace’s own residents hold 13% and the ten next-biggest home towns 26%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Pace are held by workers 29 or younger, against 22% of Pace’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Pace are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Pace’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pace is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #415 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Pace’s grade up ($80,701, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pace could be anywhere from C to B.
What Pace’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pace, 2013 → 2023: 4,259 → 5,572. 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 Pace’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Pace commutes to
Where Pace clocks in
19% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Pace
On a workday 9,771 residents head out to work, 731 work right here, and 4,841 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21,000 people are in Pace on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 trip to work from Pace: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pace workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,423 commuters (the 13% 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.
Pace’s commute, mile by mile
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 Pace walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pace is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #552 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Pace 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 10,829 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). 2.3% of Pace households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pace’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Pace ranks: 1,201st of 1,576 U.S. towns of 18,000 to 35,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 50 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 90 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,199 | Pullman WA | 33,756 | $47K | 30.4% | 8.3% | 60% | C+ |
| 1,200 | El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) CA | 31,626 | $92K | 13.1% | 6.3% | 29% | C+ |
| 1,201 | Pace FL | 26,282 | $81K | 12.2% | 5.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,202 | Ypsilanti MI | 19,766 | $47K | 24.8% | 8.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,203 | Athens OH | 25,313 | $38K | 40.0% | 8.2% | 34% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Pace, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Pace
The biggest share goes to Pea Ridge (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pace workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pace | – | C+ | C | 29 min | $80,701 |
| Pea Ridge | 1% | B | B+ | 25 min | $59,628 |
| Wallace | under 2% | A | C− | 44 min | $116,496 |
| Floridatown | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Floridatown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pace’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 Pace: questions
What is the median household income in Pace?
$80,701 (±$5,409) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pace?
12.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pace?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pace work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (19%, 12 mi), Ferry Pass (10%, 7 mi), Milton (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pace walkable?
Pace is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pace without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pace, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pace
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.