Work & commute · Cottondale

Work & commute in Cottondale, FL

Most working residents leave Cottondale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Marianna (22%), Chipley (7%) and Panama City (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 344 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 341 Cottondale residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cottondale.

341live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cottondale goes to work

Marianna8.2 mi away

22%77

Chipley10.4 mi away

7%23

Panama City39.2 mi away

7%23

Dothan, AL30.8 mi away

3%12

Panama City Beach49 mi away

3%9

Jacksonville222.6 mi away

2%8

Graceville14.6 mi away

2%7

Pensacola111.2 mi away

1%5

Tallahassee70.2 mi away

1%5

Chattahoochee32.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%171

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

How far

How far Cottondale commutes

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

33%

16%

23%

28%

33%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cottondale is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cottondale are

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

Jobs based in Cottondale

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Cottondale residents hold

344 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+3%

Jobs based in Cottondale, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 98. 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.