At 10.1%, unemployment in Point Baker is higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
Hardly any work in Point Baker itself; outside it, Pensacola draws the most (13%, 19 miles). The two grades for Point Baker are D for jobs and income and D for walkability. 26.1% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.6% 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 Point Baker
Where Point Baker’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Point Baker is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #617 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Point Baker’s grade up ($64,769, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Point Baker could be anywhere from D− to B.
In and out of Point Baker on a workday
On a workday 1,473 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Point Baker on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Point Baker commutes to
Where Point Baker clocks in
13% 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.
Point Baker works in goods: 48% of its jobs
210 jobs are based in Point Baker.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Point Baker, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 210. 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 Point Baker’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Point Baker
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Point Baker workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,797 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.
Where in the region Point Baker works
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.
Most trips from Point Baker start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Point Baker is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns, #631 of 638 in Florida. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,012 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). 0.7% of Point Baker households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Point Baker’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400, and where Point Baker sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,888 | Stephenson WI | 3,654 | $57K | 14.4% | 8.3% | 10% | D |
| 3,889 | Planada CA | 3,506 | $43K | 21.4% | 8.1% | 4% | D |
| 3,890 | Point Baker FL | 3,976 | $65K | 26.1% | 10.1% | 1% | D |
| 3,891 | Mingo Junction OH | 3,233 | $54K | 26.3% | 8.6% | 4% | D |
| 3,892 | Moose Lake MN | 2,948 | $64K | 51.2% | 12.1% | 29% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Point Baker, 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 Point Baker: questions
What is the median household income in Point Baker?
$64,769 (±$16,185) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Point Baker?
26.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Point Baker?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Point Baker work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (13%, 19 mi), Milton (11%, 4 mi), Ferry Pass (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Point Baker walkable?
Point Baker is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Point Baker without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Point Baker, from the people who make the trip.
More of Point Baker
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.