Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Lynn Haven has lower unemployment (3.4%) than 63% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Lynn Haven B+; getting around on foot earns it B+. 7% of workers have no commute at all, where Florida as a whole has 16%. About one in seven work in Lynn Haven itself; outside it, Panama City draws the most (36%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lynn Haven apart
Lynn Haven trades workers with the towns around it
Lynn Haven has about as many jobs (7,789) as working residents (8,213), but they are mostly different people: 7,203 residents leave for work each day while 6,779 people come in. Only 13% of the jobs in Lynn Haven are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Lynn Haven has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Lynn Haven went from 4,851 in 2013 to 7,789 in 2023, +61%. The jobs ↓
36% of Lynn Haven works in Panama City
2,962 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Panama City, 6.4 miles away across the town line. That’s 3 times as many as work in Lynn Haven itself. The commute map ↓
Most Lynn Haven residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. 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.
What’s behind Lynn Haven’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lynn Haven is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #193 of 638 in Florida. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lynn Haven’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lynn Haven could be anywhere from B− to A.
Lynn Haven by day and by night
On a workday 7,203 residents head out to work, 1,010 work right here, and 6,779 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 (0.95 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.
Inside Lynn Haven’s 7,789 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lynn Haven, 2013 → 2023: 4,851 → 7,789. 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 Lynn Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Lynn Haven’s working residents head each day
Where Lynn Haven clocks in
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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lynn Haven
About 21% 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.
About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lynn Haven workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,568 commuters (the 7% 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.
Driving is how Lynn Haven gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lynn Haven is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #317 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% 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 10,315 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 39% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 3% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 3.4% of Lynn Haven households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lynn Haven’s commuters take a bus or train.
809th of 1,658: where Lynn Haven ranks among U.S. towns of 16,000 to 30,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 51 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 69 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 98 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
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| 807 | South St. Paul MN | 20,532 | $88K | 8.3% | 5.9% | 6% | B+ |
| 808 | Citrus Park FL | 28,804 | $93K | 10.3% | 4.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 809 | Lynn Haven FL | 22,479 | $81K | 6.5% | 3.4% | 12% | B+ |
| 810 | Glen Cove NY | 28,190 | $92K | 13.5% | 4.4% | 13% | B+ |
| 811 | Grant Township IL | 28,636 | $96K | 10.1% | 4.8% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,658 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Lynn Haven, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
38% of Lynn Haven works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lynn Haven workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Haven | – | B+ | B+ | 25 min | $80,973 |
| Cedar Grove | 2% | C | A− | 27 min | $74,625 |
| Panama City | 36% | C | B+ | 21 min | $62,265 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Panama City. Darker towns draw more of Lynn Haven’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 Lynn Haven: questions
What is the median household income in Lynn Haven?
$80,973 (±$4,403) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lynn Haven?
6.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lynn Haven?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lynn Haven work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Panama City (36%, 6 mi), Panama City Beach (6%, 14 mi), Upper Grand Lagoon (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lynn Haven walkable?
Lynn Haven is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lynn Haven without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 3% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lynn Haven, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lynn Haven
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.