Work & commute · Laguna Beach

Work & commute in Laguna Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Laguna Beach for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Panama City Beach (20%), Panama City (13%) and Upper Grand Lagoon (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 1,484 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,431 Laguna Beach residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 506 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laguna Beach.

1,431live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

506work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laguna Beach goes to work

Panama City Beach4.7 mi away

20%294

Panama City25.2 mi away

13%191

Upper Grand Lagoon12.8 mi away

4%58

Laguna Beach (in town)right here

4%53

Lynn Haven18.8 mi away

3%45

Miramar Beach25.1 mi away

3%41

Tallahassee102.2 mi away

2%34

Jacksonville255.9 mi away

2%27

Pensacola75.1 mi away

2%23

Tampa262.7 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%704

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

How far

How far Laguna Beach commutes

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

34%

35%

24%

34%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laguna Beach is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laguna Beach are

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

Jobs based in Laguna Beach

559 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Laguna Beach residents hold

1,484 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+12%

Jobs based in Laguna Beach, 2013 → 2023: 500 → 559. 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.