Most of Warrington commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami. Employers in Warrington report 1,946 jobs for 5,702 working residents. For jobs and income Warrington is better than 23% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Warrington
A lot of Warrington works one town over
34% of working residents work in a town that borders Warrington: Pensacola (29%), West Pensacola (3%) and Myrtle Grove (2%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Warrington are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Warrington workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Warrington’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 16% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Warrington pay little
26% of the jobs based in Warrington pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 33% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
The four measures behind Warrington’s grade
Job access by car holds Warrington’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warrington could be anywhere from D to C+.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Warrington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warrington workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,492 commuters (the 9% 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.
What Warrington’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warrington, 2013 → 2023: 2,083 → 1,946. 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 Warrington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Warrington, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 5,463 residents head out to work, 239 work right here, and 1,707 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Warrington on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
29% of working residents work in Pensacola
Where Warrington clocks in
29% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Warrington
About 16% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Warrington
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,118 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 76% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 17% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.5% of Warrington households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Warrington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Warrington is 1,808th of 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 80 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,806 | Dixon IL | 14,582 | $59K | 17.8% | 5.2% | 28% | C− |
| 1,807 | Brownsville FL | 16,936 | $41K | 26.2% | 7.5% | 2% | C− |
| 1,808 | Warrington FL | 15,918 | $62K | 22.5% | 6.3% | 4% | C− |
| 1,809 | Coolbaugh Township PA | 20,681 | $83K | 16.2% | 11.6% | 7% | C− |
| 1,810 | McKinleyville CA | 17,113 | $73K | 14.2% | 7.9% | 16% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Warrington, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
34% of Warrington works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Pensacola (29%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warrington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrington | – | C− | A− | 23 min | $61,861 |
| Myrtle Grove | 2% | C− | A+ | 24 min | $67,647 |
| Pensacola Station | under 2% | C | A+ | 10 min | $71,607 |
| West Pensacola | 3% | C− | A+ | 25 min | $40,511 |
| Pensacola | 29% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $74,212 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warrington’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 Warrington: questions
What is the median household income in Warrington?
$61,861 (±$4,153) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warrington?
22.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warrington?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warrington work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (29%, 7 mi), Ferry Pass (7%, 11 mi), Brent (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warrington walkable?
Warrington is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warrington without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 17% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warrington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warrington
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.