Making a living in Roeville
The average commute takes 20 minutes each way, next to 28 for Florida and 26 for the U.S. Home is the office for 8% of workers, next to 16% for Florida as a whole. Hardly any stay in Roeville for work; outside it, Milton is the main destination (14%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Roeville and work: the main findings
About 20 minutes each way for Roeville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roeville workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 321 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 many people are in Roeville by day
On a workday 307 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Roeville on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
Out of Roeville to work: where people go
Where Roeville clocks in
11% 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.
In Roeville, services account for most jobs
181 jobs are based in Roeville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roeville, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 181. 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 Roeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Roeville goes to work
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.
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 Roeville: questions
What is the median household income in Roeville?
$90,928 (±$8,254) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roeville?
11.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roeville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roeville work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milton (14%, 5 mi), Pensacola (11%, 21 mi), East Milton (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roeville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roeville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roeville
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.