A job hub: Tyndall AFB has 13.7 jobs per working resident, and 1,016 people come in to work
There are 1,017 jobs in Tyndall AFB for 74 working residents. Only 1% work in Tyndall AFB; the top destination outside it is Panama City (24%, 11 miles). 0% of workers work from home; Florida has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Tyndall AFB by day and by night
On a workday 73 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Tyndall AFB on a workday afternoon, 211% more 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.
Where Tyndall AFB’s workforce comes from
Where Tyndall AFB clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
81% of the jobs in Tyndall AFB pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tyndall AFB, 2013 → 2023: 1,235 → 1,017. 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 Tyndall AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Tyndall AFB’s commute takes about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tyndall AFB workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 320 commuters (the 0% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Tyndall AFB
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.
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 Tyndall AFB: questions
What is the median household income in Tyndall AFB?
$118,594 (±$92,873) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tyndall AFB?
4.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tyndall AFB?
13 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tyndall AFB work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Panama City (24%, 11 mi), Panama City Beach (8%, 19 mi), Port St. Joe (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tyndall AFB 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 Tyndall AFB, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tyndall AFB
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.