Work & commute · Upper Grand Lagoon

Work & commute in Upper Grand Lagoon, FL

Most working residents leave Upper Grand Lagoon for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Panama City (21%), Panama City Beach (16%) and Lynn Haven (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

796 of 6,043 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 5,247 Upper Grand Lagoon residents head out of town to work, 796 work right here, and 4,398 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Grand Lagoon.

5,247live here, work elsewhere

796live and work here

4,398work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Grand Lagoon goes to work

Panama City14 mi away

21%1,289

Panama City Beach8.1 mi away

16%994

Upper Grand Lagoon (in town)right here

13%796

Lynn Haven8 mi away

3%210

Lower Grand Lagoon2.6 mi away

3%202

Tallahassee91.6 mi away

2%147

Pensacola87.5 mi away

2%99

Miramar Beach37.9 mi away

1%78

Jacksonville244.5 mi away

1%67

Cedar Grove7.5 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%2,104

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

How far

How far Upper Grand Lagoon commutes

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

62%

24%

62%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Grand Lagoon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Grand Lagoon are

5,194 jobs are based in Upper Grand Lagoon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Grand Lagoon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Grand Lagoon

5,194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Upper Grand Lagoon residents hold

6,043 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+16%

Jobs based in Upper Grand Lagoon, 2013 → 2023: 4,491 → 5,194. 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.