Panama City-Panama City Beach migration, mapped
In 2022–23, 14,622 people moved into the Panama City metro and 10,290 moved out, a net of +4,332. Yellow arcs are people arriving, blue arcs are people leaving. Hover a dot to see the corridor, or click through to compare.
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† IRS methodology change in this year’s files (see methodology)
What the flows say
- Biggest published corridors: more arrivals come from Crestview, FL than anywhere else: 953 people in 2022–23. The top destination for leavers is Rest of Florida (1,053). The listed corridors cover about 44–45% of all flows; the totals count everyone.
- Trend: net inflow has held roughly steady over the last three years, from +4,436 in 2020–21 to +4,332 in 2022–23†.
Population · 2025
231,174
▲ 2.0% year over year · growing
Peak population
231,174
highest in the series shown (since 2000)
Why the population is changing
- Growth driver: domestic migration added more people than anything else: +3,298 in 2025, ahead of births minus deaths (+194) and international migration (+1,090).
- Peak population: the 2025 estimate of 231,174 is the highest on record, in data going back to 2000.
Net income flow · 2022–23
+$247M
▲ $598M arrived · $351M left
Avg household income · movers
$74k in · $60k out
arrivals out-earn leavers by 23%
Panama City wealth migration
- Money moved: households moving into the Panama City metro in 2022–23 reported $598M in income (AGI). Households leaving took $351M with them, a net gain of $247M.
- Income gap: the average household moving in reported $74k of income, vs $60k for leavers. Arrivals out-earn leavers by 23%.
About the data
Corridors are IRS county-to-county migration flows added up into metro areas (2023 Census metro definitions; exemptions ≈ people). "Rest of" entries cover a state's counties outside any featured metro. The IRS hides corridors with fewer than 20 returns, so the lists here cover about 45% of inbound and 44% of outbound movers in 2022–23. The in, out, and net totals count everyone. Income figures are the total income (AGI) movers reported, from the complete county totals. Dollars are not adjusted for inflation, and household averages divide by the number of returns. Population figures are Census Bureau estimates; the peak covers records since 2000. Years marked † had a change in how the IRS built the files. Full details on the methodology page.
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