Work & commute · Panama City Beach

Work & commute in Panama City Beach, FL

About one in 4 of Panama City Beach’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Panama City (19%), Upper Grand Lagoon (5%) and Lynn Haven (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

1,674 of 6,821 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,147 Panama City Beach residents head out of town to work, 1,674 work right here, and 9,951 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Panama City Beach.

5,147live here, work elsewhere

1,674live and work here

9,951work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Panama City Beach goes to work

Panama City Beach (in town)right here

25%1,674

Panama City20.7 mi away

19%1,299

Upper Grand Lagoon8.1 mi away

5%354

Lynn Haven14.3 mi away

3%204

Miramar Beach29.8 mi away

2%154

Tallahassee98.1 mi away

2%143

Pensacola79.7 mi away

2%116

Lower Grand Lagoon9.7 mi away

1%97

Jacksonville251.6 mi away

1%80

Laguna Beach4.7 mi away

1%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,621

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

How far

How far Panama City Beach commutes

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

44%

25%

23%

44%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Panama City Beach is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Panama City Beach are

11,625 jobs are based in Panama City Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Panama City Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Panama City Beach

11,625 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Panama City Beach residents hold

6,821 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+12%

Jobs based in Panama City Beach, 2013 → 2023: 10,361 → 11,625. 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.