Photo: Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Paxton works elsewhere
Only 1% work in Paxton; the top destination outside it is DeFuniak Springs (22%, 22 miles). Paxton has 33 jobs for 218 working residents. 7% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Florida.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Paxton
The daily commute in and out of Paxton
On a workday 215 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Paxton on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 Paxton commutes to
Where Paxton clocks in
22% of workers
8% 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.
What Paxton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paxton, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 33. 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 Paxton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Paxton: 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 Paxton workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 217 commuters (the 7% 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.
How far it is to work from Paxton
About 26% 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.
Next door to Paxton
The biggest share goes to Florala (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paxton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paxton | – | — | — | 29 min | $61,136 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Paxton’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 Paxton: questions
What is the median household income in Paxton?
$61,136 (±$16,333) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paxton?
11.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paxton?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paxton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are DeFuniak Springs (22%, 22 mi), Crestview (8%, 22 mi), Fort Walton Beach (6%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Paxton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paxton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paxton
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.