Photo: Steve Davis · Public domainPanacea has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
0% of workers have no commute at all; Florida has 16%. 102 jobs are based in Panacea; 246 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Panacea; the top destination outside it is Tallahassee (31%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Panacea at work: what stands out
31% of Panacea works in Tallahassee
76 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Tallahassee, 31 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Panacea itself. The commute map ↓
Few Panacea workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Panacea are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 61 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 246 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Panacea work
Where Panacea clocks in
31% of workers
7% 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.
Time on the road from Panacea: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Panacea workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 207 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.
The daily commute in and out of Panacea
On a workday 238 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Panacea on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
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 kinds of work in Panacea
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Panacea, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 102. 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 Panacea’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Panacea’s commute, mile by mile
About 26% 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.
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 Panacea: questions
What is the median household income in Panacea?
$37,983 (±$5,059) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Panacea?
5.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Panacea?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Panacea work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tallahassee (31%, 31 mi), Crawfordville (7%, 12 mi), Jacksonville (4%, 164 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Panacea without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 42% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Panacea, from the people who make the trip.
More of Panacea
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.