Jacksonville

City Commute Profile

Jacksonville, FL

Where Jacksonville’s 456,228 resident workers go each day — 69.4% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Jacksonville Beach.

FloridaLODES 2023 data
60
Commute Score

60 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Jacksonville at a glance
Employed Residents
456,228
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
15.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
69.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
15.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Jacksonville Beach
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Jacksonville proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Jacksonville commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Jacksonville

456,228 commutes, one dot at a time

Jacksonville

Where 456,228 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Jacksonville, by worker count.

1Jacksonville0.0 mi316,452
2Jacksonville Beach15.6 mi7,117
3Orlando125.2 mi5,046
4Tampa168.7 mi4,528
5Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace10.7 mi3,904
6Palm Valley17.5 mi3,871
7Gainesville61.1 mi3,292
8Tallahassee156.6 mi3,210

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Jacksonville.

1Jacksonville0.0 mi316,452
2Oakleaf Plantation14.3 mi7,984
3Fruit Cove14.7 mi7,920
4Lakeside14.2 mi7,046
5Jacksonville Beach15.6 mi6,267
6Fleming Island15.8 mi5,639
7Nocatee20.3 mi4,197
8World Golf Village26.3 mi4,103

Top industries

The sectors that employ Jacksonville’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance14.5%
FIFinance and Insurance9.9%
RTRetail Trade9.7%
TRTransportation and Warehousing8.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services7.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.7%
COConstruction6.7%
MFManufacturing4.9%

Jacksonville city profile

Who lives in Jacksonville — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
977,670
Median age
36.5yrs
Median household income
$69,872
Median home value
$293,700
Median gross rent
$1,465/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.2%
Poverty rate
14.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Jacksonville

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

14 providers · 5 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps99%
8 Gbps28%
See all internet providers in Jacksonville

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).