At 6.3%, unemployment in Cedar Grove is higher than in 77% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 5% of workers; Florida has 16%. The two grades for Cedar Grove are C for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Cedar Grove, in brief
Cedar Grove trades workers with the towns around it
Cedar Grove has about as many jobs (1,705) as working residents (1,618), but they are mostly different people: 1,571 residents leave for work each day while 1,658 people come in. Only 3% of the jobs in Cedar Grove are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Cedar Grove works one town over
44% of working residents work in a town that borders Cedar Grove: Panama City (33%), Lynn Haven (9%) and Springfield (2%). Next door ↓
Cedar Grove has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Cedar Grove went from 1,052 in 2013 to 1,705 in 2023, +62%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Cedar Grove pay better than its residents’ jobs
64% of the jobs based in Cedar Grove pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 48% of the jobs Cedar Grove residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Cedar Grove. The jobs ↓
Most Cedar Grove residents work close to home
61% 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Cedar Grove’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cedar Grove is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #486 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Cedar Grove’s grade up (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cedar Grove could be anywhere from D to B+.
Cedar Grove on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,571 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 1,658 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
37% of the jobs in Cedar Grove make or build things
1,705 jobs are based in Cedar Grove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Grove, 2013 → 2023: 1,052 → 1,705. 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 Cedar Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Cedar Grove
About 23% 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.
33% of working residents work in Panama City
Where Cedar Grove clocks in
9% 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.
Getting to work from Cedar Grove takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Grove workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,643 commuters (the 5% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Cedar Grove
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cedar Grove is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #257 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,727 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 92% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 56% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% 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). 4.4% of Cedar Grove households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cedar Grove’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Cedar Grove ranks: 2,905th of 4,153 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,903 | Walbridge OH | 3,076 | $55K | 13.3% | 6.9% | 2% | C |
| 2,904 | Wales Township MI | 3,195 | $90K | 12.0% | 7.5% | 3% | C |
| 2,905 | Cedar Grove FL | 3,802 | $75K | 17.5% | 6.3% | 3% | C |
| 2,906 | Russell KS | 4,286 | $57K | 17.8% | 0.4% | 51% | C |
| 2,907 | Jackson Township IN | 4,252 | $59K | 13.9% | 3.8% | 14% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,153 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Cedar Grove, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
44% of Cedar Grove works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Panama City (33%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cedar Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Grove | – | C | A− | 27 min | $74,625 |
| Panama City | 33% | C | B+ | 21 min | $62,265 |
| Springfield | 2% | C+ | B+ | 23 min | $54,462 |
| Lynn Haven | 9% | B+ | B+ | 25 min | $80,973 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cedar Grove’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 Cedar Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Grove?
$74,625 (±$17,287) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Grove?
17.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Grove?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Grove work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Panama City (33%, 7 mi), Lynn Haven (9%, 3 mi), Panama City Beach (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cedar Grove walkable?
Cedar Grove is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cedar Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 56% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Grove
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.