Work & commute · Panama

Work & commute in Panama, FL

About one in 3 of Panama’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Panama City Beach (8%), Lynn Haven (7%) and Upper Grand Lagoon (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

5,494 of 13,951 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,457 Panama residents head out of town to work, 5,494 work right here, and 26,786 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Panama.

8,457live here, work elsewhere

5,494live and work here

26,786work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Panama goes to work

Panama City (in town)right here

39%5,494

Panama City Beach20.7 mi away

8%1,121

Lynn Haven6.4 mi away

7%1,017

Upper Grand Lagoon14 mi away

4%594

Tallahassee77.6 mi away

2%284

Pensacola100 mi away

2%214

Callaway7.6 mi away

1%204

Cedar Grove7 mi away

1%188

Miramar Beach49.6 mi away

1%157

Springfield6.5 mi away

1%148

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%4,530

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

How far

How far Panama 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

8%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Panama is a job hub

2.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Panama are

32,280 jobs are based in Panama. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Panama’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Panama

32,280 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Panama residents hold

13,951 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−3%

Jobs based in Panama, 2013 → 2023: 33,309 → 32,280. 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.