Work & commute · Ponce de Leon

Work & commute in Ponce de Leon, FL

Most working residents leave Ponce de Leon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are DeFuniak Springs (13%), Bonifay (8%) and Panama City (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 205 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 201 Ponce de Leon residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ponce de Leon.

201live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ponce de Leon goes to work

DeFuniak Springs10.9 mi away

13%26

Bonifay15.3 mi away

8%16

Panama City41.3 mi away

5%10

Destin38.6 mi away

4%9

Tallahassee101.9 mi away

4%9

Chipley23.8 mi away

4%8

Pensacola77.1 mi away

3%6

Freeport19.3 mi away

2%5

Crestview38.2 mi away

2%5

Ponce de Leon (in town)right here

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%107

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

How far

How far Ponce de Leon commutes

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

10%

31%

38%

21%

10%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ponce de Leon is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ponce de Leon are

83 jobs are based in Ponce de Leon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ponce de Leon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ponce de Leon

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities64%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Ponce de Leon residents hold

205 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+159%

Jobs based in Ponce de Leon, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 83. 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.