Photo: The Bushranger · CC BY-SA 4.0Callaway has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
1,757 jobs are based in Callaway for 5,648 working residents. Callaway grades B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 7% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Florida as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Callaway
Callaway and Panama City trade workers both ways
Panama City is the top workplace for Callaway residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Callaway come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Callaway
49% of Callaway residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 27% of the jobs based in Callaway pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
35% of the jobs based in Callaway are held by workers 29 or younger, against 25% of Callaway’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Most Callaway residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Callaway’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Callaway is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #350 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Callaway’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($65,609, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Callaway could be anywhere from C to B+.
33% of working residents work in Panama City
Where Callaway clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
What Callaway’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Callaway, 2013 → 2023: 1,890 → 1,757. 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 Callaway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Callaway commutes less than 8 miles
About 21% 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.
How many people are in Callaway by day
On a workday 5,359 residents head out to work, 289 work right here, and 1,468 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Callaway on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Callaway
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Callaway workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,549 commuters (the 7% 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.
For most of Callaway, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Callaway is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #427 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Callaway 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 7,052 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 16% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.1% of Callaway households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Callaway’s commuters take a bus or train.
Callaway is 1,413th of 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 118 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 179 | Lake Mary FL | 16,789 | $109K | 3.5% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,411 | Easton MD | 17,293 | $75K | 11.0% | 3.4% | 31% | B− |
| 1,412 | Versailles KY | 10,734 | $62K | 16.4% | 3.0% | 15% | B− |
| 1,413 | Callaway FL | 14,369 | $66K | 9.6% | 3.3% | 5% | B− |
| 1,414 | Pleasanton TX | 11,511 | $65K | 12.6% | 3.0% | 17% | B− |
| 1,415 | Quartz Hill CA | 11,510 | $105K | 11.3% | 7.3% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Callaway, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Callaway
The biggest share goes to Springfield (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Callaway workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callaway | – | B− | B− | 24 min | $65,609 |
| Springfield | 2% | C+ | B+ | 23 min | $54,462 |
| Parker | 2% | C+ | A | 24 min | $69,657 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Callaway’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Callaway: questions
What is the median household income in Callaway?
$65,609 (±$8,253) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Callaway?
9.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Callaway?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Callaway work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Panama City (33%, 8 mi), Lynn Haven (8%, 8 mi), Panama City Beach (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Callaway walkable?
Callaway is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Callaway without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Callaway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Callaway
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.