Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0How Vernon works: jobs, income and commuting
Vernon has 160 jobs, and 247 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Vernon; the top destination outside it is Panama City (14%, 28 miles). The average commute takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Vernon: the gist
Vernon’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Vernon is Panama City, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (35) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Vernon workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical 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 247 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Vernon
About 29% 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 35 minutes to work from Vernon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vernon workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 302 commuters (the 10% 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.
Vernon quiets down on a workday
On a workday 247 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Vernon on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.65 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 people from Vernon work
Where Vernon clocks in
10% of workers
5% 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 Vernon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 160. 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 Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Vernon: questions
What is the median household income in Vernon?
$43,194 (±$18,327) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vernon?
27.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vernon?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vernon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Panama City (14%, 28 mi), Chipley (10%, 15 mi), Panama City Beach (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vernon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vernon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vernon
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.