Work & commute · Lynn Haven

Work & commute in Lynn Haven, FL

Most working residents leave Lynn Haven for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Panama City (36%), Panama City Beach (6%) and Upper Grand Lagoon (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,010 of 8,213 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 7,203 Lynn Haven residents head out of town to work, 1,010 work right here, and 6,779 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynn Haven.

7,203live here, work elsewhere

1,010live and work here

6,779work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynn Haven goes to work

Panama City6.4 mi away

36%2,962

Lynn Haven (in town)right here

12%1,010

Panama City Beach14.3 mi away

6%510

Upper Grand Lagoon8 mi away

4%338

Tallahassee84 mi away

2%148

Pensacola93.8 mi away

2%144

Cedar Grove3.3 mi away

2%135

Callaway8.9 mi away

1%93

Springfield4.8 mi away

1%90

Jacksonville237.3 mi away

1%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,697

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

How far

How far Lynn Haven commutes

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

64%

21%

64%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynn Haven is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynn Haven are

7,789 jobs are based in Lynn Haven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lynn Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lynn Haven

7,789 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Lynn Haven residents hold

8,213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+61%

Jobs based in Lynn Haven, 2013 → 2023: 4,851 → 7,789. 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.