About two in five of Pretty Bayou’s working residents commute to Panama City
Home is the office for 9% of workers, where Florida as a whole has 16%. The two grades for Pretty Bayou are B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 62% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Pretty Bayou stands out on work
42% of Pretty Bayou works in Panama City
445 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Panama City, 10 miles away across the town line. That’s 21 times as many as work in Pretty Bayou itself. The commute map ↓
Most Pretty Bayou residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Pretty Bayou than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Pretty Bayou fell from 970 in 2013 to 667 in 2023, −31%. 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 Pretty Bayou 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.
How Pretty Bayou earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pretty Bayou is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #207 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate holds Pretty Bayou’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pretty Bayou could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where Pretty Bayou’s working residents head each day
Where Pretty Bayou clocks in
7% 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.
How far Pretty Bayou’s workers travel
About 20% 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 Pretty Bayou’s 667 jobs
667 jobs are based in Pretty Bayou.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pretty Bayou, 2013 → 2023: 970 → 667. 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 Pretty Bayou’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Pretty Bayou takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pretty Bayou workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,271 commuters (the 9% 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.
Pretty Bayou on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,037 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 651 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Pretty Bayou on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
Getting around Pretty Bayou: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pretty Bayou is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #474 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,398 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 38% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 1.0% of Pretty Bayou households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pretty Bayou’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pretty Bayou places 1,489th of 4,882 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,487 | Durand Township IL | 2,301 | $67K | 5.1% | 2.9% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,488 | Ridge Township OH | 3,362 | $76K | 9.5% | 1.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,489 | Pretty Bayou FL | 2,906 | $85K | 5.8% | 4.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,490 | Geneva WA | 2,073 | $142K | 1.8% | 12.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,491 | Upland IN | 3,835 | $84K | 9.7% | 2.2% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Pretty Bayou, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Pretty Bayou and its neighbors: 42% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pretty Bayou workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretty Bayou | – | B+ | B− | 22 min | $85,208 |
| Panama City | 42% | 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 Pretty Bayou’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 Pretty Bayou: questions
What is the median household income in Pretty Bayou?
$85,208 (±$8,605) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pretty Bayou?
5.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pretty Bayou?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pretty Bayou work?
2% work in town.
Is Pretty Bayou walkable?
Pretty Bayou is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 11.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pretty Bayou without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pretty Bayou, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pretty Bayou
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.