Work & commute · Lower Grand Lagoon

Work & commute in Lower Grand Lagoon, FL

Most working residents leave Lower Grand Lagoon for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Panama City (19%), Panama City Beach (15%) and Upper Grand Lagoon (9%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

147 of 1,696 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,549 Lower Grand Lagoon residents head out of town to work, 147 work right here, and 1,089 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Grand Lagoon.

1,549live here, work elsewhere

147live and work here

1,089work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Grand Lagoon goes to work

Panama City14.8 mi away

19%328

Panama City Beach9.7 mi away

15%248

Upper Grand Lagoon2.6 mi away

9%159

Lower Grand Lagoon (in town)right here

9%147

Lynn Haven9.3 mi away

4%62

Miramar Beach39 mi away

2%40

Tallahassee92 mi away

2%32

Pensacola88.3 mi away

1%24

Jacksonville244.5 mi away

1%19

Springfield9.1 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%620

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

How far

How far Lower Grand Lagoon commutes

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

58%

10%

24%

58%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Grand Lagoon is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Grand Lagoon are

1,236 jobs are based in Lower Grand Lagoon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Grand Lagoon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Grand Lagoon

1,236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Lower Grand Lagoon residents hold

1,696 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+32%

Jobs based in Lower Grand Lagoon, 2013 → 2023: 937 → 1,236. 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.