Southport has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Southport itself; outside it, Panama City draws the most (34%, 8 miles). Southport has 57 jobs, and 468 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Florida as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Southport
Southport is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Southport, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Southport has about 460 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Southport works in Panama City
159 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Panama City, 8.1 miles away. That’s far more as work in Southport itself. The commute map ↓
Few Southport 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 ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 468 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Southport quiets down on a workday
On a workday 467 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Southport on a workday afternoon, 47% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Southport ends
Where Southport clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
About 23 minutes each way for Southport’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Southport workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 353 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.
65% of the jobs in Southport make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Southport, 2014 → 2024: 126 → 57. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Southport
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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Southport: questions
What is the poverty rate in Southport?
10.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Southport?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Southport work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Panama City (34%, 8 mi), Lynn Haven (9%, 4 mi), Panama City Beach (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Southport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Southport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Southport
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.