Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5Households in Chipley have lower incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 12.7% of residents, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. For jobs and income Chipley is better than 20% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (C). Home is the office for 3% of workers, 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
Where Chipley stands out on work
Chipley is where the jobs are
Chipley has 3,043 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,400 people are in town, 41% more than the 3,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Chipley workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Chipley
Unemployment holds Chipley’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($46,193, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chipley could be anywhere from D to B−.
A workday in Chipley: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,162 residents head out to work, 319 work right here, and 2,724 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,400 people are in Chipley on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Chipley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chipley workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,565 commuters (the 3% 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.
Who travels to work in Chipley, and from where
Where Chipley clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Chipley
3,043 jobs are based in Chipley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chipley, 2013 → 2023: 3,354 → 3,043. 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 Chipley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Chipley
About 27% 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.
Driving is how Chipley gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,619 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). 2.9% of Chipley households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chipley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Chipley places 3,364th of 4,153 on jobs and income among 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,362 | Dexter ME | 3,874 | $52K | 23.1% | 2.1% | 17% | C− |
| 3,363 | Knox IN | 3,601 | $49K | 28.7% | 3.2% | 23% | C− |
| 3,364 | Chipley FL | 3,804 | $46K | 12.7% | 3.9% | 22% | C− |
| 3,365 | Homedale ID | 3,138 | $62K | 16.8% | 5.6% | 12% | C− |
| 3,366 | Algonac MI | 4,109 | $57K | 14.5% | 5.7% | 5% | 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 Chipley, 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 Chipley: questions
What is the median household income in Chipley?
$46,193 (±$12,961) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chipley?
12.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chipley?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chipley work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marianna (6%, 18 mi), Panama City (5%, 37 mi), Bonifay (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chipley walkable?
Chipley is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chipley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chipley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chipley
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.