Lynn Haven vs Panama City Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Lynn Haven and Panama City Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Lynn Haven and Panama City Beach are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lynn Haven has the higher population (19,451 vs 18,493 in Panama City Beach). Lynn Haven has the higher median household income ($83,093 vs $78,921 in Panama City Beach). Panama City Beach has the higher median home value ($417,800 vs $286,700 in Lynn Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Lynn Haven	Panama City Beach
Population	19,451	18,493
Median age	34.5 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,093	$78,921
Median home value	$286,700	$417,800
Median gross rent	$1,577	$1,737
Housing units	8,352	21,078
Homeownership rate	65.3%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynn Haven	Panama City Beach
Population	20,948 → 19,451 (-7.1%)	12,751 → 18,493 (+45.0%)
Median household income	$65,650 → $83,093 (+26.6%)	$63,912 → $78,921 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$200,100 → $286,700 (+43.3%)	$243,300 → $417,800 (+71.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,160 → $1,577 (+35.9%)	$1,268 → $1,737 (+37.0%)

Lynn Haven

Population

20,94819,451

Median household income

$65,650$83,093

Median home value

$200,100$286,700

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,577

Panama City Beach

Population

12,75118,493

Median household income

$63,912$78,921

Median home value

$243,300$417,800

Median gross rent

$1,268$1,737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lynn Haven	Panama City Beach
Under 5	9.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.0%
75 and over	5.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynn Haven	Panama City Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	77.8%
Black or African American	6.0%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynn Haven	Panama City Beach
No high school diploma	8.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	22.2%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynn Haven	Panama City Beach
Drove alone	77.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	12.9%	9.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	10.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynn Haven	Panama City Beach
1-unit, detached	65.9%	25.7%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	13.8%
20 or more units	6.0%	52.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Lynn Haven	Panama City Beach
Poverty rate	7.4%	8.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1996	2000