Panama City Beach, Florida

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Panama City. It is located about 13 miles [20 km] to the east of Panama City Beach and has a population of 36,417 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Fort Walton Beach. It is located about 46 miles [74 km] to the west of Panama City Beach and has a population of 19,973 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bonifay	N	39 mi [62.8 km]	2,769	32.1% decrease
	Callaway	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	13,899	2.35% decrease
	Cedar Grove	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	5,116	4.68% decrease
	Chipley	NE	42 mi [67.6 km]	3,779	5.21% increase
	De Funiak Springs	NW	35 mi [56.3 km]	5,012	1.51% decrease
	Destin	W	36 mi [57.9 km]	12,563	12.99% increase
	Freeport	NW	24 mi [38.62 km]	1,768	48.57% increase
	Lynn Haven	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	15,254	22.51% increase
	Mary Esther	W	48 mi [77.2 km]	3,918	3.38% decrease
	Niceville	NW	41 mi [66 km]	12,313	5.38% increase
	Parker	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	4,537	1.86% decrease
	Port Saint Joe	SE	45 mi [72.4 km]	3,551	2.55% decrease
	Springfield	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	8,803	---
	Valparaiso	NW	41 mi [66 km]	6,030	5.9% decrease
	Wewahitchka	E	41 mi [66 km]	1,665	3.31% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ebro	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	267	6.8% increase
	Four Mile Village	W	28 mi [45.06 km]	---
	Hiland Park	E	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Laguna Beach	W	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Lower Grand Lagoon	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Mexico Beach	SE	34 mi [54.7 km]	1,264	24.29% increase
	Miramar Beach	W	30 mi [48.28 km]	---
	Ponce de Leon	N	33 mi [53.1 km]	465	1.75% increase
	Pretty Bayou	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Upper Grand Lagoon	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Vernon	N	28 mi [45.06 km]	782	5.25% increase
	The Village of Baytowne Wharf	W	28 mi [45.06 km]	---
	Wausau	NE	32 mi [51.5 km]	419	5.28% increase
	West Panama City Beach	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Westville	N	36 mi [57.9 km]	229	3.62% increase

Bay County

Panama City Beach is located in Bay County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bay: Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson, Walton and Washington. Although it doesn't share a border with Bay, Holmes it is close to Panama City Beach.

Below are counties that are near Panama City Beach (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Panama City Beach:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Panama City Beach
	Calhoun County	E	Broad Branch	35 miles [56 km]
	Gulf County	E	Majette	34 miles [54 km]
	Holmes County	NE	Smyrna	27 miles [43 km]
	Jackson County	NE	Compass Lake	37 miles [59 km]
	Okaloosa County	NW	Seminole	35 miles [56 km]
	Walton County	W	Inlet Beach	8 miles [12 km]
	Washington County	N	Ebro	13 miles [20 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Florida<3>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Panama City Beach. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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