Work & commute · Bonifay

Work & commute in Bonifay, FL

About one in 4 of Bonifay’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Chipley (9%), Panama City (4%) and DeFuniak Springs (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

276 of 1,150 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 874 Bonifay residents head out of town to work, 276 work right here, and 2,150 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bonifay.

874live here, work elsewhere

276live and work here

2,150work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bonifay goes to work

Bonifay (in town)right here

24%276

Chipley8.8 mi away

9%98

Panama City38.6 mi away

4%50

DeFuniak Springs26 mi away

3%34

Marianna27.3 mi away

3%30

Tallahassee88.4 mi away

2%22

Dothan, AL35.4 mi away

2%21

Graceville16.2 mi away

2%21

Pensacola92.4 mi away

2%20

Destin53.2 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%560

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

How far

How far Bonifay commutes

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

40%

26%

40%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bonifay is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bonifay are

2,426 jobs are based in Bonifay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bonifay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bonifay

2,426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Bonifay residents hold

1,150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+43%

Jobs based in Bonifay, 2013 → 2023: 1,701 → 2,426. 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.