Work & commute · Mexico Beach

Work & commute in Mexico Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Mexico Beach for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Port St. Joe (18%), Panama City (15%) and Tallahassee (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

33 of 289 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 256 Mexico Beach residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mexico Beach.

256live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

268work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mexico Beach goes to work

Port St. Joe10.6 mi away

18%53

Panama City21.6 mi away

15%42

Mexico Beach (in town)right here

11%33

Tallahassee77.5 mi away

3%8

Panama City Beach34.3 mi away

2%6

Tampa223.9 mi away

2%6

Tyndall AFB15.1 mi away

2%6

Blountstown40.7 mi away

2%5

Lynn Haven24.1 mi away

2%5

Jacksonville225.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%120

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

How far

How far Mexico Beach commutes

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

20%

36%

34%

20%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mexico Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mexico Beach are

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

Jobs based in Mexico Beach

301 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Mexico Beach residents hold

289 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−6%

Jobs based in Mexico Beach, 2013 → 2023: 320 → 301. 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.