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Jobs & commute in Jacob City

Jacob City has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

There are 9 jobs in Jacob City, and 84 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Jacob City for work; outside it, Marianna is the main destination (23%, 13 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Florida has 16%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Jacob City, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 84 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.

84live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night230
Workday160
230live here− 84head out to work+ 9come in to work= 160on a workday

About 160 people are in Jacob City on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Jacob City goes to work

Dothan: 2 residents work here (2%)Jacob CityCottondaleChipley: 5 residents work here (6%)Graceville: 5 residents work here (6%)Marianna: 19 residents work here (23%)Panama City: 5 residents work here (6%)Jacksonville: 3 residents work here (4%)Tallahassee: 4 residents work here (5%)Hosford: 2 residents work here (2%)Wright: 2 residents work here (2%)Ferry Pass: 2 residents work here (2%)MariannaChipleyGracevillePanama CityTallahasseeJacksonvilleJacob City
1
Marianna12.7 mi away
23%19
2
Chipley10.7 mi away
6%5
3
Graceville7.8 mi away
6%5
4
Panama City45.2 mi away
6%5
5
Tallahassee75.2 mi away
5%4
6
Jacksonville226.3 mi away
4%3
7
Dothan, AL24.1 mi away
2%2
8
Hosford49 mi away
2%2
9
Wright79.1 mi away
2%2
10
Ferry Pass108.3 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%35
The top trips

Where Jacob City clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in Jacob CityJobs Jacob City residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%21%
Trade, transport & utilities0%24%
Services: health, schools, offices100%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less22%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%38%
Over $3,333 a month44%50%

Who does it

29 or younger11%21%
30 to 5422%60%
55 and older67%19%
+125%

Jobs based in Jacob City, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 9. 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 Jacob City’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes to work from Jacob City

A year of commuting
209 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Jacob City27 min
Florida28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Jacob City workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Jacob City gets to work
91%Drive alone
3%Carpool
6%Other

Share of the 90 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

How far Jacob City’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMarianna: 23% · 12.7 miChipley: 6% · 10.7 miGraceville: 6% · 7.8 miPanama City: 6% · 45.2 miTallahassee: 5% · 75.2 miJacksonville: 4% · 226.3 miDothan: 2% · 24.1 miHosford: 2% · 49 miWright: 2% · 79.1 miFerry Pass: 2% · 108.3 miMarianna 23%Chipley 6%Graceville 6%Panama City 6%Tallahassee 5%Jacob City
Jacob CityTop destinations (size = commuters)
16%Under 10 mi13 residents
44%10–24 mi36 residents
6%25–50 mi5 residents
34%Over 50 mi28 residents

About 34% 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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Jacob City: questions

What is the median household income in Jacob City?

$37,917 (±$16,374) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Jacob City?

20.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Jacob City?

27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Jacob City work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marianna (23%, 13 mi), Chipley (6%, 11 mi), Graceville (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Jacob City without a car?

0% 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 Jacob City, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Jacob City

Jacob City home →

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.