At 2.5%, unemployment in Lower Grand Lagoon is lower than in 77% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Lower Grand Lagoon itself; outside it, Panama City draws the most (19%, 15 miles). The two grades for Lower Grand Lagoon are B− for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.4 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 31.0 in Miami.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lower Grand Lagoon’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lower Grand Lagoon is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #352 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Lower Grand Lagoon’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (15.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lower Grand Lagoon could be anywhere from C to B+.
Who leaves Lower Grand Lagoon for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,549 residents head out to work, 147 work right here, and 1,089 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,800 people are in Lower Grand Lagoon on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where Lower Grand Lagoon goes to work
Where Lower Grand Lagoon clocks in
15% 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 Lower Grand Lagoon
1,236 jobs are based in Lower Grand Lagoon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lower Grand Lagoon, 2013 → 2023: 937 → 1,236. 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 Lower Grand Lagoon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Lower Grand Lagoon: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lower Grand Lagoon workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,797 commuters (the 19% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lower Grand Lagoon
About 24% 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.
Lower Grand Lagoon is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lower Grand Lagoon is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns, #60 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above 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 2,213 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 69% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% 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). 6.2% of Lower Grand Lagoon households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Lower Grand Lagoon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lower Grand Lagoon places 2,172nd of 4,039 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,170 | Long Beach Township NJ | 3,148 | $113K | 4.5% | 12.2% | 11% | B− |
| 2,171 | Silvercreek Township OH | 3,839 | $69K | 9.9% | 4.4% | 11% | B− |
| 2,172 | Lower Grand Lagoon FL | 4,287 | $74K | 15.3% | 2.5% | 9% | B− |
| 2,173 | Luverne MN | 4,984 | $64K | 12.2% | 2.5% | 39% | B− |
| 2,174 | Maiden NC | 3,922 | $76K | 19.7% | 2.6% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | 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 Lower Grand Lagoon, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work next door: 24% of Lower Grand Lagoon’s workers
The biggest share goes to Panama City Beach (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lower Grand Lagoon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Grand Lagoon | – | B− | A | 24 min | $74,044 |
| Panama City Beach | 15% | C+ | A− | 21 min | $80,941 |
| Upper Grand Lagoon | 9% | B | B+ | 21 min | $82,157 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lower Grand Lagoon’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 Lower Grand Lagoon: questions
What is the median household income in Lower Grand Lagoon?
$74,044 (±$17,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lower Grand Lagoon?
15.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lower Grand Lagoon?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lower Grand Lagoon work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Panama City (19%, 15 mi), Panama City Beach (15%, 10 mi), Upper Grand Lagoon (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lower Grand Lagoon walkable?
Lower Grand Lagoon is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.0 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lower Grand Lagoon without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 69% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lower Grand Lagoon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lower Grand Lagoon
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.