Work & commute · Parker

Work & commute in Parker, FL

Most working residents leave Parker for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Panama City (31%), Lynn Haven (8%) and Panama City Beach (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 1,527 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,469 Parker residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 672 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parker.

1,469live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

672work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parker goes to work

Panama City8.8 mi away

31%481

Lynn Haven7.6 mi away

8%118

Panama City Beach18.1 mi away

5%82

Upper Grand Lagoon9.9 mi away

4%63

Parker (in town)right here

4%58

Callaway3.1 mi away

4%56

Tallahassee83.5 mi away

3%47

Springfield2.9 mi away

2%30

Cedar Grove4.4 mi away

2%26

Jacksonville235.5 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%542

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

How far

How far Parker commutes

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

58%

10%

26%

58%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parker is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parker are

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

Jobs based in Parker

730 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Parker residents hold

1,527 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+15%

Jobs based in Parker, 2013 → 2023: 634 → 730. 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.