Photo: JohnCLain · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Graceville have lower incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Graceville is better than 22% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (B+). 21.8% of residents live below the poverty line (Florida 12.6%). About one in ten work in Graceville; the top destination outside it is Marianna (9%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Graceville in brief
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Graceville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Graceville fell from 1,181 in 2013 to 850 in 2023, −28%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Graceville are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker. 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; with 737 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Graceville earns its Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Graceville’s grade up (0.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($41,641, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Graceville could be anywhere from C− to C+.
Where in the region Graceville works
About 42% 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.
Inside Graceville’s 850 jobs
850 jobs are based in Graceville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Graceville, 2013 → 2023: 1,181 → 850. 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 Graceville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Graceville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Graceville workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 984 commuters (the 11% 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 commutes out of Graceville, and who commutes in
On a workday 662 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 775 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 (1.15 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.
Where people from Graceville work
Where Graceville clocks in
9% of workers
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.
In Graceville, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,109 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). 5.4% of Graceville households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Graceville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Graceville ranks: 3,712th of 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 115 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,710 | Poultney VT | 2,962 | $73K | 8.9% | 11.8% | 13% | C− |
| 3,711 | St. Germain WI | 2,150 | $63K | 10.4% | 5.2% | 3% | C− |
| 3,712 | Graceville FL | 2,217 | $42K | 21.8% | 0.7% | 10% | C− |
| 3,713 | Camden Township MO | 1,626 | $65K | 11.7% | 1.0% | 17% | C− |
| 3,714 | Sharpes FL | 2,840 | $70K | 22.4% | 6.2% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Graceville, 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 Graceville: questions
What is the median household income in Graceville?
$41,641 (±$9,955) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Graceville?
21.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Graceville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Graceville work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marianna (9%, 20 mi), Dothan (8%, 20 mi), Chipley (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Graceville walkable?
Graceville is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Graceville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Graceville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Graceville
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.