Photo: User:Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Bonifay are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 2% of workers, next to 16% for Florida as a whole. 22.1% of residents live below the poverty line; Florida has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Bonifay D−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Bonifay apart
Bonifay is where the jobs are
Bonifay has 2,426 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,100 people are in town, 45% more than the 2,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Bonifay workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Bonifay has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bonifay went from 1,701 in 2013 to 2,426 in 2023, +43%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Bonifay
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bonifay’s grade.
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Bonifay’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bonifay could be anywhere from D− to D.
Who works in Bonifay, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 874 residents head out to work, 276 work right here, and 2,150 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Bonifay on a workday afternoon, 45% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Bonifay’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bonifay workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 848 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Inside Bonifay’s 2,426 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bonifay, 2013 → 2023: 1,701 → 2,426. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bonifay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Bonifay, and from where
Where Bonifay clocks in
9% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far Bonifay goes to work
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Bonifay walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bonifay is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #290 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Bonifay near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 869 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.3% of Bonifay households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bonifay’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bonifay compares with U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,579 | Westmorland CA | 2,015 | $29K | 48.6% | 14.2% | 9% | D− |
| 4,580 | Cedaredge CO | 2,448 | $48K | 20.6% | 9.3% | 12% | D− |
| 4,581 | Bonifay FL | 2,839 | $41K | 22.1% | 4.4% | 24% | D− |
| 4,582 | Wewahitchka FL | 2,213 | $44K | 20.1% | 2.0% | 13% | D− |
| 4,583 | Soperton GA | 2,994 | $33K | 24.9% | 8.9% | 14% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bonifay, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bonifay: questions
What is the median household income in Bonifay?
$40,896 (±$10,219) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bonifay?
22.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bonifay?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bonifay work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chipley (9%, 9 mi), Panama City (4%, 39 mi), DeFuniak Springs (3%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bonifay walkable?
Bonifay is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bonifay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bonifay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bonifay
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.