Work & commute · Blountstown

Work & commute in Blountstown, FL

About one in 4 of Blountstown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tallahassee (11%), Marianna (5%) and Panama City (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

172 of 759 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 587 Blountstown residents head out of town to work, 172 work right here, and 1,698 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blountstown.

587live here, work elsewhere

172live and work here

1,698work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blountstown goes to work

Blountstown (in town)right here

23%172

Tallahassee47.2 mi away

11%84

Marianna26.6 mi away

5%37

Panama City32.1 mi away

4%30

Jacksonville201.8 mi away

3%20

Lynn Haven38.1 mi away

2%16

Panama City Beach51.7 mi away

2%12

Chattahoochee21.8 mi away

1%10

Bristol4.2 mi away

1%9

Orlando262.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%362

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Blountstown commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

32%

25%

35%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blountstown is a job hub

2.46jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Blountstown are

1,870 jobs are based in Blountstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blountstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blountstown

1,870 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Blountstown residents hold

759 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+19%

Jobs based in Blountstown, 2013 → 2023: 1,566 → 1,870. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.