Work & commute · Chipley

Work & commute in Chipley, FL

About one in 5 of Chipley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Marianna (6%), Panama City (5%) and Bonifay (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

319 of 1,481 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,162 Chipley residents head out of town to work, 319 work right here, and 2,724 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chipley.

1,162live here, work elsewhere

319live and work here

2,724work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chipley goes to work

Chipley (in town)right here

22%319

Marianna18.5 mi away

6%92

Panama City37 mi away

5%76

Bonifay8.8 mi away

4%60

Lynn Haven37.9 mi away

2%37

Tallahassee79.7 mi away

2%37

Panama City Beach42.5 mi away

2%35

Dothan, AL32.6 mi away

2%33

Jacksonville232.7 mi away

1%20

Fort Walton Beach68.7 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%753

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

How far

How far Chipley commutes

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

36%

14%

22%

27%

36%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chipley is a job hub

2.05jobs 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 Chipley are

3,043 jobs are based in Chipley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chipley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chipley

3,043 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Chipley residents hold

1,481 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−9%

Jobs based in Chipley, 2013 → 2023: 3,354 → 3,043. 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.